Bell & Bell LLP

Focus and practice areas

The firm handles employment law, and it works for people on both sides of the workplace. Its clients include individual employees, managers and corporate executives, and they also include small businesses and large corporations. Taking on both employees and employers is a defining feature of how Bell & Bell LLP describes its work, and it shapes the range of matters the firm names.

On the employee side, the firm points to discrimination, harassment and retaliation as its main work. The listed grounds for discrimination claims cover sex, pregnancy, race, religion, disability, age and LGBT status. Related matters include sexual harassment, hostile work environment claims, wrongful termination and whistleblower claims. The firm also handles severance and employment agreements for people leaving or changing a job.

The wage work runs on a separate track. The firm takes overtime and unpaid wage matters, along with unpaid bonuses and commissions. It handles Family and Medical Leave Act claims, disability benefits questions, unemployment compensation and workplace safety issues. That spread gives one office a view of most ways an employment relationship can break down, from a first complaint through a final paycheck dispute.

Work for employers

For companies, the firm's services include employee handbooks, employee training and workplace investigations. It drafts employment contracts and noncompete agreements, and it provides human resources training. In my opinion, a firm that advises employers on prevention while also litigating for employees carries a practical sense of how these disputes start and where they tend to go. That double footing is worth noting for either kind of client, since the same lawyers see the problem from both chairs.

Offices and reach

The firm runs from two offices, one in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and one in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. That pairing places it on both sides of the Delaware River, in two states that keep their own employment statutes. A worker in South Jersey and a worker in Philadelphia answer to different state rules, and a firm with a presence in each can take either matter. The two-state setup is a practical convenience for clients who live in one state and work in the other.

How the team is built

The firm's attorney page lists four lawyers: Jennifer Bell, James Bell, Christopher Macey and Dawn Cohen. Jennifer Bell litigates sexual harassment and wrongful termination matters, and the site identifies her as a Philadelphia employment lawyer. James Bell works in the same area and adds age discrimination to his listed matters. Both Bells share the firm's name, which matches the two-name masthead over the door.

Christopher Macey joined Bell & Bell LLP in 2009 and represents employees at the firm. Dawn Cohen is an attorney with the firm, and she represents both employees and employers. The 2009 date is the one timeline detail the site provides, and it shows the firm has kept the same attorney on staff for more than fifteen years. That continuity can matter to a client who wants the same lawyer across a case that runs long.

What the case count says

The firm's site says it has handled hundreds of discrimination, harassment and retaliation cases. That figure comes from the firm itself, and it points to steady volume in the area the firm names first. As a reviewer, I read a stated case count as a measure of activity rather than a promise about any single outcome, and a reader should weigh it the same way. The number still tells you where the firm spends most of its time.

Defamation and civil litigation

The firm also lists defamation among its matters, and this sits close to its employment work. Workplace defamation claims can come up when a false statement harms a person's job or standing, and they often travel with a wrongful termination or retaliation case. The firm's civil litigation work covers this ground. For a client, having defamation and employment claims handled by one office can keep a connected dispute in a single set of hands.

How these matters usually proceed

Employment claims tend to follow a set path, and knowing it helps a client set expectations. A discrimination or retaliation claim in Pennsylvania or New Jersey usually begins with an administrative filing before a lawsuit can go ahead. Federal claims run through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and state claims run through the relevant state civil rights agency. This describes the general shape of the field, and it is not a claim about a specific result at the firm.

Wage claims move under different rules. Overtime and unpaid wage matters draw on federal and state wage law, and they can involve back pay for hours a person already worked. Whistleblower and Family and Medical Leave Act claims each carry their own deadlines and filing steps, and missing one can end a claim early. A firm that lists all of these, as this one does, works across several overlapping bodies of law at once.

Philadelphia office details

The full Philadelphia address is One Penn Center, 1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1254, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The suite number is an important part of the published location because the street address identifies the building, while Suite 1254 identifies the firm's office within it. A client preparing for an appointment should keep the full address together rather than stop at the building name or boulevard number.

One Penn Center is also the name Bell & Bell LLP places before the street address. That gives visitors two ways to confirm the destination when arranging transportation or checking directions: the named building and the numbered address. The listing therefore provides enough detail to distinguish the office from other occupants at 1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard. For an in-person meeting, the suite number is the final useful piece.

Published telephone contacts

The record lists two telephone numbers for Bell & Bell LLP: (215) 569-2500 and (856) 541-7700. These numbers provide separate contact routes for someone seeking the firm by telephone. A directory reader may want to retain both numbers alongside the full firm name, especially when confirming which location will handle an appointment or receive documents.

The telephone details also give prospective clients an immediate alternative to the firm's website. That matters for a person who needs to confirm an office location, ask where to direct correspondence or arrange an initial conversation. The listing supplies the numbers in standard ten-digit form, which makes them easy to copy into a contact record without reformatting.

Name used in the directory

The firm's displayed name and legal name are both Bell & Bell LLP. The match leaves no difference between the name used for the directory entry and the legal identity provided in the record. Readers can therefore use the same name when saving the telephone numbers, addressing correspondence or checking the office address. The LLP designation is part of that published identity and should remain attached to the name in formal communications.