Joseph M O'Bell - Texas Debt Collection Attorney (2013 profile)

Joseph Marse O’Bell - Individual Attorney Debt Collector Profile 

Joseph O’Bell earned his law degree (JD) at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2008, and was admitted to the practice of law in the State of Texas in November 2009. He also admitted to practice in the four federal judicial districts in Texas. Based on his profile with the State Bar of Texas (dated 04/24/2013) O’Bell does not have any public disciplinary or sanctions history.

O’Bell’s SBOT profile reports the firm size for ZWICKER & ASSOCIATES as 25-40. The profile of one of his colleagues (Troy Bolen) quotes the number as 2-5. It is possible the discrepancy reflects inclusion/exclusion of appearance attorneys, i.e. local lawyers who go to court for ZWICKER & ASSOCIATES in various parts of the state for hearings and trials, but do not themselves sign pleadings or motions.  O’Bell’s Texas Bar Card Number is 24070351.

CLERICAL STAFF: Jennifer Falk, Litigation Associate

Casey Balduff, File Clerk

Katherine Shramek, Litigation Assistant  

CLIENTS AND CASES

O’Bell is listed as attorney of record in 228 cases in Harris County District Courts. This compares to almost 600 for his colleague Troy D. Bolen. Bell represents banks almost exclusively. The client list includes the following:

DISCOVER BANK

GE CAPITAL RETAIL BANK formerly known as GE Money Bank aka GEMB 

NORDSTROM FSB 

AMERICAN EXPRESS ENTITIES: TWO BANKS AND A NON-BANK WITH SIMILAR NAMES

AMERICAN EXPRESS CENTURION BANK

AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK, FSB

AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES   

OBELL's CASES ON APPEAL 

O'Bell was the attorney of record for the bank in LeBeau v. GE Capital Retail Bank, a case in which the Fort Worth Court of Appeals affirmed a summary judgment in the creditor's favor that was based on deemed admissions. 

An attorney name search for O'Bell brings up a few more cases, mostly involving Discover Bank card debt. 

Joseph O'Bell appellate case in Texas courts of appeals (click to enlarge the list)