Stephen Shell - Carver Darden

Stephen B. Shell is a partner with the firm, practicing in the firm’s Pensacola office. He received his Bachelors degree with honors in 1982 from Vanderbilt University, and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida College of Law in 1984.

Mr. Shell is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell (the highest available rating) and practices primarily in the areas of real estate transactions and development, and business and commercial law. Steve regularly counsels and represents corporate and business clients in all types of business and real estate matters. In the real estate field, he has represented lenders, developers, builders, buyers, sellers and property owners in an array of matters including subdivision and commercial development, condominium development, residential and commercial closings, commercial and residential leases, eminent domain, and various other real property matters.

Mr. Shell is an agent for Attorneys Title Insurance Fund, Inc., Old Republic National Title Insurance Company, First American Title Insurance Company, Chicago Title Insurance Company, and Westcor Title Insurance Company.

Mr. Shell is a member of the Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association and was an attorney with Shell, Fleming, Davis & Menge from 1984 until the firm closed its practice on December 31, 2019. He is a past board member and officer of the Escambia/Santa Rosa Bar Association, and has served on various committees of the local association.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Education

Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1982, with honors
University of Florida College of Law, J.D., 1984

BAR ADMISSIONS

Florida, 1984
All Florida State Courts

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, MEMBERSHIPS & ACTIVITIES

Advises or serves on the boards of several charitable and civic organizations, including Baptist Health Care, Inc. (where he also chairs the Quality and Patient Safety Committee and the Audit and Compliance Committee), Answering the Call (Board Chairman), and Martha’s Vineyard of Pensacola.
Past board member and officer of Waterfront Rescue Mission, First City Sports Council, and Covenant Hospice, and served as legal counsel to the Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce. He is a graduate of the Leadership Pensacola program.
An active member of First Baptist Church, where he serves as a Sunday School teacher, a deacon and a musician.
As a volunteer with Answering the Call (“Reaching People in Difficult to Reach Places”), he has traveled to places like Costa Rica, South Sudan, Sudan, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Columbia, Venezuela, Ukraine, and Egypt for international mission work.

Stephen B. Shell

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AREAS OF PRACTICE

Education

BAR ADMISSIONS

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, MEMBERSHIPS & ACTIVITIES

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Carver Darden Koretzky Tessier Finn Blossman & Areaux LLC