Robert M. Bell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Robert M. Bell

American judge

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1943

Place of Birth: Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States

Profession: judge, lawyer

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Robert Mack Bell (born July 6, 1943) is an American lawyer and jurist from Baltimore, Maryland.
From 1996 to 2013, he served as Chief Judge on the Maryland Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state.
He was the first African American to hold the position. At 16 years old, Bell was the lead plaintiff in Bell v.
Maryland, a case that ultimately helped push the U.S.
toward desegregation.
Bell served as a judge at every level of the Maryland court system; and on July 6, 2013, reached the state's mandatory retirement age of 70 years for appellate and circuit court judges.