Meet the Administrative Law Judges

Carol A. Bell was appointed Administrative Law Judge in June 2020. Judge Bell earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1997 from Baylor University and a Juris Doctorate in 2000 from Harvard University. From February 2021 to September 2021, she served as Acting Chief Administrative Law Judge, Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer. From August 2008 to June 2020, she served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, in Chicago. From November 2002 to August 2008, she served as a Trial Attorney with the Antitrust Division, in the District of Columbia. From September 2000 to August 2002, she served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the U.S. District Court, in Houston. Judge Bell is a member of the State Bar of Texas.

Attorney General William P. Barr appointed Andrea R. Carroll-Tipton as an Administrative Law Judge in November 2020. Judge Carroll-Tipton earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2005 from the University of Illinois, a Juris Doctorate in 2008 from DePaul University College of Law, and a Master of Laws in 2015 from George Washington University College of Law. From 2019 to 2020, she served as an attorney in the Pacific District, Office of General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs. From 2008 to 2019, she served as a judge advocate with the U.S. Air Force in the following locations: Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma; Joint Base Andrews, Maryland; Los Angeles Air Force Base, California; and MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. Judge Carroll-Tipton is a member of the Illinois State Bar.

Attorney General William P. Barr appointed John A. Henderson Jr. as an Administrative Law Judge in November 2020. Judge Henderson earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2000 from the University of Maryland, College Park; a Juris Doctor in 2006 from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law; and a Master of Laws in 2014 from the Georgetown University Law Center. From 2014 to 2020, he served as an administrative judge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), in Baltimore. From 2007 to 2014, he served as a trial attorney, also with the EEOC, in Baltimore. Judge Henderson is a member of the Maryland State Bar.