Cranfill Sumner LLP recently announced that Stephen Bell was named partner in the law firm’s Wilmington office.

The announcement also included the naming of Steven Bader and Charles Hicks in the firm’s Raleigh office.
 
“We congratulate Steven, Stephen and Charles on this well-deserved honor and recognition. Each of them is an accomplished and respected attorney, and each embodies our firm’s values of client service, teamwork and reputation daily,” Cranfill Sumner managing partner Marshall Wall said in a news release.
 
Bell practices in the firm’s Wilmington office where he handles an array of civil litigation matters, officials said. “He has a wide-ranging practice focused on representing parties in complex commercial litigation matters in state and federal courts and before administrative bodies,” the news release stated.
 
Bell graduated from Wake Forest University School of Law and Clemson University.