John T. Kelly

John T. Kelly


Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A.

Recognized since 2021

Woodbridge, New Jersey

Practice Areas

Public Finance Law

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John T. Kelly is a shareholder on the Public Finance team at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., concentrating his practice in public and corporate finance transactions. Mr. Kelly has participated in numerous financings completed by numerous cities, counties, agencies, authorities and other political subdivisions in the State of New Jersey and elsewhere throughout the nation.Mr. Kelly has served as bond counsel, underwriters’ counsel, disclosure counsel, general counsel and trustee’s counsel on virtually every type of tax-exempt and taxable financing completed in the public finance market, including numerous forms of revenue bonds and lease/lease-purchase financings, variable rate demand bonds, auction rate securities, commercial paper programs, general obligation bonds, tax and revenue anticipation notes, pooled loan transactions and asset-backed securitization financings. He has extensive experience representing governmental and related entities in connection with interest rate swap agreements, call rights and other derivative financial instruments.

Location
  • 90 Woodbridge Center Drive, Suite 900
    Woodbridge, NJ 07095-0958
Education
  • Seton Hall University, J.D., graduated 1982
  • Penn State, B.A.
Bar Admissions
  • New Jersey, New Jersey, 1982
  • New York, New York, 1983
Court Admissions
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Public Finance Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Public Finance Law, Woodbridge (2025)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Public Finance Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Derivatives and Futures Law
  • Project Finance Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law

Publications

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