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 KENNETH D. BELL
Practice focuses on white collar and business crimes, internal and government investigations, commercial and financial investigations, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, anti-money laundering and RICO. Represents corporate clients in civil commercial and securities litigation.
Relevant Experience
- Represented Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives during federal, state and regulatory investigations.
- Represented Fortune 500 company in federal Grand Jury investigation and civil securities litigation related to allegations of stock option backdating.
- Represents national property and casualty insurance company in federal Grand Jury and civil investigations regarding federally insured program.
- Represents national home builder and mortgage company in class action civil litigation regarding sub-prime mortgage issues.
- Represented Big Four accounting firm during investigation by state agency of tax planning strategies.
- Conducted internal investigation for major financial institution regarding commission compensation practices.
- Represented a principal of a Hedge Fund regarding a federal Grand Jury investigation.
- Represented national construction company during federal Grand Jury investigation of municipal water project.
- Represents accountants and medical professionals before licensing boards.
- Represents officers and directors of financial and commercial companies during federal Grand Jury investigations.
- Represents major financial institutions, accounting firms and large corporations in matters of government and internal investigations.
- Counsel of record for more than 100 cases before the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Primary trial responsibility in over 200 federal cases, with more than 75 jury trials.
- Government investigations regarding commercial and financial frauds, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, money laundering, public corruption, health care fraud, RICO, tax, terrorism, and environmental crimes.
Background
- Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, 2003-2006
- First Assistant United States Attorney, 1993-2003
- Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of North Carolina, 1990-1993
- Republican Nominee, United States House of Representatives, North Carolina Fifth Congressional District, 1990
- Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, 1988-1990
- Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of North Carolina, 1983-1988
Membership
Member, North Carolina State Bar
- Member, District of Columbia Bar
- Admitted to the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina
- Admitted to the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Awards and Professional Recognition
- Best Lawyers in America 2007
- North Carolina Super Lawyers 2007
- U.S. Attorney General John Marshall Award for Trial of Litigation
Education
- J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law, 1983
- B.A., Wake Forest University, 1980
| 06/01/07 |
Conrad off Bush's list for appeals, Charlotte Observer (North Carolina) |
| 05/02/07 |
Bell quoted in Charlotte Observer (North Carolina) |
| 02/15/07 |
Black pleads guilty to corruption, News 14 Carolina |
| 01/19/07 |
Fourteen North Carolina Hunton & Williams attorneys recognized as 2007 Super Lawyers |
| 12/14/06 |
Client Alert December 2006: Justice Department Revises Guidance on Prosecution of Corporations |
| 07/24/06 |
News Release July 2006: White Collar Criminal Defense and Special Investigations Group Joins Litigation Practice at Hunton & Williams |
| September 2006 |
Recent Developments in North Carolina’s Confrontation Clause Jurisprudence, Wake Forest University School of Law |
| September 2004 |
International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators, Chicago, IL |
| July 2004 |
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, Dallas, TX |
| May 2004 |
Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit, San Antonio, TX |
| September 2003 |
Intelligence Agencies Legal Advisors Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia |
| July 2003 |
International Law Enforcement Academy (Money Laundering, Financial Crimes and Terrorism), Budapest, Hungary |
| June 2003 |
Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Money Laundering Symposium), New York, NY |
| March 2003 |
Money Laundering Alert Annual International Conference, Miami, FL |
| March 2003 |
Terrorist Financing, Money Laundering and High Risk Money Laundering and Related Financial Crimes Area (HIFCA) Conference, United States Virgin Islands |
| September 2002 |
National Forensic Auditor Conference, San Francisco, CA |
| September 2002 |
Forfeiting the Proceeds of Terrorist Organizations International Seminar, London, UK |
| July/August 2002 |
Department of Justice Anti-Terrorism Regional Conferences, Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO |
| July 2002 |
International Conference on Illicit Tobacco Trade, United Nations, New York, NY |
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