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STEVEN R. BARTELL
BLACK & LOBELLO

Mr. Bartell is a trial attorney who began his career in civil litigation in 1988 as an associate with a boutique law firm in Beverly Hills, California, specializing in insurance bad faith, medical malpractice, and defense of general civil litigation. In 1996, he transitioned to construction defect litigation for developers and subcontractors. He then accepted a position in Orange, California, in 1999, where he successfully defended an inverse condemnation action and various construction defect cases in California, and eventually Nevada (including its first, full-blown construction defect lawsuit lasting 4 months), before moving to Arizona in 2001, and trying Arizona's first class-action construction defect lawsuit. In 2004, Mr. Bartell returned to Las Vegas as a member of a firm, with an emphasis in insurance coverage, litigation, and construction defect. He then was asked to manage another office handling large commercial liability cases.

Mr. Bartell graduated from Texas Tech University, receiving a bachelor's degree in Psychology and Theatre Arts. He then completed law school at J. Reuben Clark Law School and was awarded his Juris Doctorate. Mr. Bartell is a member of the American Bar Association, Clark County Bar Association, Orange County Bar Association, Maricopa County Bar Association, Defense Resources Institute, Phi Delta Phi (life member), and The Social Register of Las Vegas (Platinum Member).

He is currently serving as an arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau of Las Vegas. Mr. Bartell previously served as a voluntary arbitrator, mediator and settlement officer for the Los Angeles County Courts. He also served as a Judge Pro Tem for Los Angeles Courts for approximately seven years. Mr. Bartell has tried over 25 cases in three different states, including both judge and jury trials. In addition, he has participated in hundreds of mediations and arbitrations in all of his practice fields. Mr. Bartell became associated with Black & LoBello in 2009.

Mr. Bartell was admitted to practice law in the State of California in 1988, the states of Texas and Washington, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Central, Western, and Eastern Districts of California and Northern District of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1990, the District of Columbia, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western District of Texas, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 1991, and the states of Nevada and Arizona, and the U.S. District Courts of Nevada in 2000.

For more information about Steven R. Bartell and Black & LoBello, please visit: www.blacklobellolaw.com.

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