Jerry Bell is head of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.'s Health Law Business and Regulatory Department and practices in the firm's Austin office. He practices exclusively in the health care area where he represents hospitals, medical schools, health maintenance organizations (HMO), preferred provider organizations (PPO), physician groups, and other health care entities and providers. This representation includes a wide variety of matters, including business transactions, federal and state regulatory issues, hospital medical staff matters, insurance disputes, corporate matters, and general health law questions.

• American Health Lawyers Association, Board of Directors (1998 - 2001)
• American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys, Board of Directors (1995 - 1997)
• American Academy of Hospital Attorneys (1993 - 1995)
  • Managed Care and Integrated Delivery Systems Committee, Chair
• Texas Board of Legal Specialization
  • Health Law Examination Commission (2003-2005)
• Texas Medical Association
  • Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Texas State Board of Medical Examiners and Texas Medical Practice Act (1992 - 1993)
• State Bar of Texas
  • Health Law Section, Chair (1994 - 1995)
• University of Houston Law Center, Health Law and Policy Institute, Advisory Board
• The University of Texas Law School, adjunct faculty member teaching a health law business and regulatory course
• Board of Directors, American College of Healthcare Executives, Greater Houston Chapter (2007)

• Selected as one of the top 25 health care lawyers in the country by the Legal Media Group in its Guide to the Leading US Healthcare Lawyers (2005 - 2006)
• American Health Lawyers Association Fellows, 40-member Inaugural Class (2005)
• "Outstanding Hospital Lawyers - 2004," Nightingale's Healthcare News (He was one of twelve and the only one in Texas.)
• "Texas Super Lawyers," Texas Monthly magazine (2003 and 2004)
• "Top Notch" health lawyers, The Texas Lawyer (2002)
• "Philip R. Overton Annual Lectureship in Medicine and the Law," Texas Medical Association (1993) (This award is given annually to one health care attorney.)
• The Best Lawyers in America, Health and Hospital Law (1991 - present)

1977 - J.D., The University of Texas Law School
1974 - B.A., with honors, The University of Texas

While attending law school, Jerry was a member of Texas Law Review.  He was a judicial clerk for United States District Judges Blake West and Adrian Duplantier in New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1977 to 1978.

Jerry is board certified in Health Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, effective 2002.