David Bell

Chair

Sacramento County Office of the Public Defender

David Bell (Personal Pronouns: Any and All) has been an Assistant Public Defender with the Sacramento County Office of the Public Defender since 2020. He is the Education Rights Attorney in the Juvenile Division where he works in the collaborative Juvenile Trauma Response Court. Previously, David worked at the Children’s Law Center of California (CLC) where he worked with youth in foster care, including Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning (LGBTQ) youth and Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC). Having worked in the dependency system for over six years, he began his dependency career as parent’s counsel before joining CLC. He has been heavily involved with CSEC issues throughout Los Angeles & Sacramento Counties and worked closely with the Recognize, Intervene, Support, and Empower (RISE) team at the Los Angeles LGBT Center. He was also a member of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services steering committee on LGBTQ issues. David is an adjunct professor at Southwestern Law School. While attending Whittier Law School, David was a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Lance Ito.