Background
Bell, Joseph Charles was born on November 11, 1940 in Louisville. Son of Robert Franklin and Nell (Trenkle) Bell.
Bell, Joseph Charles was born on November 11, 1940 in Louisville. Son of Robert Franklin and Nell (Trenkle) Bell.
Bachelor summa cum laude, U. Colorado, 1962; Master of Arts in Economics, Harvard University, 1965; postgraduate, University of California, Berkeley, 1966-1967; Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1968.
Economist, Office of Tax Analysis, United States Treasury Department, Washington, summer 1965, 66;
teaching assistant economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968-1969;
legal advisor, Cabinet Task Force on Oil Import Control, Washington, 1969-1970;
attorney advisor antitrust division, unites states department of Justice, Washington, 1970-1972;
assistant professor Law school and Institute Policy Studies, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1972-1974;
assistant general counsel for international and special programs, Federal Energy Administration, Washington, 1974-1977;
associate, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, 1977-1978;
partner, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, since 1979;
resident partner, Hogan & Hartson, Warsaw, Poland, 1991-1993;
general counsel, Citizens' Energy Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979-1988, 93-. Member of national advisory board Center for National Policy, Washington, since 1985. Special counsel Ministry of Finance, Republic of Poland, Warsaw, 1989-1991.
Founder, director Project on Economics Reform in Ukraine, since 1990. Advisor Supreme Sovietand Ministry of Privatization, Ukraine, Kiev, 1991.
Member American Bar Association (administrative, corporation and international sections), American Economics Association.
Married Ruth Greenspan, July 7, 1968. Children: Samuel Robert, Johanna Rebecca.