page_title: Griffin Bell
section_title: Later career
hierarchical_section_title: Griffin Bell / Later career
caption_attribution_description: English: Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) observes as the first Military Commissions Review Panel members are sworn in September 21 at the Pentagon. Judge Anthony Alaimo, District Court Judge for the 11th Circuit in Georgia, administers the oath of office. The panel members are (left to right) Judge Griffin Bell, former circuit judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit; William Coleman, former transportation secretary under President Ford; Chief Justice Frank Williams, Rhode Island Supreme Court; and Judge Edward G. Beister, Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County, Pa. Photo by Helene C. Stikkel
context_page_description: Griffin Boyette Bell was the 72nd Attorney General of the United States and previously was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
context_section_description: Bell returned to private practice in Atlanta from 1979 until his death in 2009. In September 2004, Bell was appointed the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Military Commission Review. Bell was replaced by Judge Frank J. Williams in July 2007, when the first two cases were appealed to the Court, due to ill health.
caption: Bell being sworn in on the Court of Military Commission Review. Bell is the second individual from the left.
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