HarrisMartin's Camp Lejeune Litigation Conference: The Road to Successful Litigation Speaker Profiles



Co-Chair Ed Bell, Founding Partner/CEO, Bell Legal Group, Georgetown, SC Show/Hide Bio

Co-Chair Ed Bell

Ed Bell led the charge to pass the Camp Lejeune Justice Act. In fact, he authored it. Ed led the charge for its passage for more than 15 years. No one understands the nuances of the legislation better than Ed Bell. He championed it along with other elite attorneys and victims alike. They all worked together to make it the law of the land. Bell Legal Group is a dedicated group of lawyers who understand how to support victims of Camp Lejeune water contamination and help them achieve their long-awaited day in court.

Co-Chair Eric Romano, Romano Law Group, West Palm Beach, FL Show/Hide Bio

Co-Chair Eric Romano

Eric Romano is a Board Certified Trial Attorney with Romano Law Group in West Palm Beach, Florida. He received his B.S. degree in Business Management from Florida State University in 1993, where he played football for Coach Bobby Bowden, and he earned his J.D. degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1997. He began his career in 1997 as a prosecutor with the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office. As an Assistant State Attorney, he prosecuted a wide variety of criminal cases in the Misdemeanor, Juvenile, Domestic Violence and Felony trial divisions. He left the State Attorney’s Office to join Romano, Eriksen & Cronin in 2001, which was renamed Romano Law Group in 2007. He has gone to verdict in more than 125 civil and criminal trials.

Aaron Jophlin, Bell Legal Group, Georgetown, SC

Bill Williams, Owner, WISAT, Georgetown, SC

Earl Ray Dorsey, M.D., David M. Levy Professor of Neurology at the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

Eric Flynn, Bell Legal Group, Georgetown, SC

Gregory A. Cade, Environmental Litigation Group P.C., Birmingham, AL

Kevin R. Dean, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC

Mirena Umizaj, Mirena and Company, Winter Park, FL

Patrick H. Telan, Telan, Meltz, Wallace & Eide, P.A., Maitland, FL

Rhon Jones, Beasley Allen Law Firm, Montgomery, AL

Rhon Jones