John Caleb Bell
Caleb Bell is a member of the Public Finance Group, the Public Sector Group, the Project Finance Group, the Green Strategies Group and Chair of the Higher Education Group. Caleb’s practice emphasizes local government bond finance, community-based economic development, higher education finance, and energy finance. He assists local governments, underwriters, and developers in structuring taxable and tax-exempt financings, tax increment financings, and community development authority financings. He advises clients on a variety of Ohio’s economic development programs, including TIFs, urban...
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Community Service
- Member, Otterbein College Alumni Association, 2004 – Present
- Trustee, Otterbein College Board of Trustees, 2002 – 2004
- Former Member, Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce, Government Relations Committee, Westerville, Ohio, 2006 – 2007
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Presentations & Published Works
- Contributor, Ohio Municipal Service, West Publishing
- Contributor, Local Government Law – County, West Publishing
- Contributor, Local Government Law – Township, West Publishing
Bar Admissions & Activities
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
- Associate Member, Ohio Association of College and University Business Officers
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude 2007) Dean's Scholar; First Place in 2005 Georgetown Negotiation Competition; Fifth Place in 2006 International Chamber of Commerce Mediation Competition
- Otterbein College (B.S., economics and political science, magna cum laude with honors, 2004)