Lancaster-based Saxton & Stump is adding to its repertoire of nonlegal services, launching a human resources consulting center that will operate as a subsidiary of the law firm.

The new company, Granite HR Consulting, is a full-service human resources business run by Leslie Bell. Bell has run her own HR firm, Elsner Bell & Associates, for 16 years out of central Pennsylvania, while also working in executive HR roles at several companies. Elsner Bell has merged into the new entity as of Monday, Saxton & Stump CEO James Saxton said Wednesday.