Education

  • Miami University
    ,
    1957
    ,
    B.S. Business Administration
    • President, Interfraternity Council
    • Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society
  • Case Western Reserve University Law School
    ,
    1961
    ,
    J.D.
    • Order of the Coif
    • Editorial Board, Law Review
    • Moot Court Board

Court and Bar Admissions/Associations

  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Ohio State Bar Association
  • Member, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association; Former Chair - Corporation, Business and Banking Law Section; Former Co-Chair - Securities Law Institute

Lawrence M. Bell

Partner

Mr. Bell is a partner with the firm's Corporate and Securities Practice Group. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, public and private debt and equity financings, and contracts law.

He has chaired numerous panels on the formation, operation, and dissolution of joint ventures and has extensive expertise with issues concerning legal ethics and formal legal opinions. Mr. Bell has represented clients in diverse industries including software development, technology, entertainment, venture capital, steel processing, Internet ventures, and manufacturing.

Mr. Bell was an adjunct professor of contracts law at both Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Cleveland State University School of Law. He has served as a trustee of a number of non-profit agencies.

Mr. Bell is the author of the 2010 Benesch Contract Drafting Style Manual.

Memberships/Affiliations

  • Member and Treasurer – Board of Directors, Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, Inc.
  • Past Chairman, Board of Governors of Laura and Alvin Siegal College of Judaic Studies  
  • Member, Case Western Reserve University Society of Benchers
  • Former Member, Steering Committee Leadership Cleveland
  • Firm Representative, TerraLex
  • Member, Park Synagouge

Other Distinctions

  • Listed, The Best Lawyers in America® 2010 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC); listed for more than 20 years

Education

  • Miami University
    ,
    1957
    ,
    B.S. Business Administration
    • President, Interfraternity Council
    • Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society
  • Case Western Reserve University Law School
    ,
    1961
    ,
    J.D.
    • Order of the Coif
    • Editorial Board, Law Review
    • Moot Court Board

Court and Bar Admissions/Associations

  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Ohio State Bar Association
  • Member, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association; Former Chair - Corporation, Business and Banking Law Section; Former Co-Chair - Securities Law Institute