Louis area attorney, former public defender, former municipal judge, former municipal prosecutor and former city council member for Ferguson, Missouri.
Currently Bell holds the office of Prosecuting Attorney for St.
Louis County, Missouri.
In a major upset, he soundly defeated long-time yet controversial county prosecutor Bob McCulloch in the July 2018 Democratic primary election.
Bell became the first black county prosecuting attorney in St.
Louis County history when he took office in January 2019.