Samantha L. Bell received her law degree from the University of Illinois College of Law (magna cum laude). She also received her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (summa cum laude) and was elected to the national Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Samantha began practicing law at McDermott Will & Emery in 2007 and joined Griffin McCarthy & Rice LLP in September 2009.

Samantha completed an externship for the Honorable Judge John L. Coffey of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in the summer of 2005. During law school, she was member of the University of Illinois Law Review and the National Frederick Green Moot Court team. Samantha has chosen to concentrate on domestic relations not only to assess and advise clients on their legal rights, but to compassionately guide them through an extremely trying period in their lives.