Katherine A. Bell

Katherine A. Bell is an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky in Louisville, where she leads the office’s Financial Litigation Program, coordinates its community outreach efforts and co-manages the externship program. Her legal practice focuses on the collection of criminal and civil debt owed to the U.S., with an emphasis on bankruptcy and foreclosures. Outside of the office, Ms. Bell chairs the IWIRC KIT Network, which encompasses IWIRC insolvency professionals from Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee, and serves as board chair for Summerbridge Louisville, a six-week summer program for Louisville’s bright but underserved middle school students. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, she was a partner with Stites & Harbison, PLLC, where she represented banks, servicers and other financial institutions in complex collection matters and lender liability actions in state and federal court. Ms. Bell received her undergraduate degree summa cum laude from the University of Louisville and her J.D. magna cum laude from the the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law.