<p>Dave Bell is a counsel in the Litigation and E-Discovery & Information Management Groups in Crowell & Moring's Washington, D.C. office. Dave's practice involves a broad range of commercial, governmental and international litigation in federal courts, state courts and arbitral tribunals. He represents corporate and individual clients, as well as government agencies and officials, in all phases of litigation, including appeals to the United States Supreme Court. 
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Dave's litigation experience includes "public law" cases that involve the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act (FSIA), the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), the Alien Tort Statute, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and application of the political question doctrine. Dave also litigates cases arising from the conduct of U.S. and foreign governments and their related entities. These cases range from complex international commercial disputes – such as investor-state arbitrations before the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and other tribunals – to tort claims, including actions against the United States under the FTCA and lawsuits against foreign governments on behalf of victims of terrorism under an exception to the FSIA.