LEWISTON – Shawn K. Bell announced he has merged his legal practice with Paul R. Gosselin and David R. Dubord under the firm of Gosselin, Dubord & Bell, P.A., at 86 Lisbon St.

Gosselin, Dubord & Bell, P.A. will specialize in the areas of residential and commercial real estate, real estate development, title searches and title insurance, business law, probate, wills and trusts, estate planning, elder law, creditor representation and collections.

Bell has been awarded an AV rating in Martindale-Hubbell, a legal publication, which identifies an attorney with very high to preeminent legal ability with the highest professional and ethical standards.

Bell is a summa cum laude graduate of Bowdoin College and a magna cum laude graduate of University of Maine School of Law.

Attorneys Bell, Gosselin and Dubord are all Lewiston natives. They each serve in a volunteer capacity in a number of community organizations.

The firm, which was founded in 1987, employs two associate attorneys, James F. Pross and Andre G. Duchette, as well as 15 support staff.