Ben Kahn Earns National Certification in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law

Greensboro, NC — Benjamin A. (Ben) Kahn, a Member (partner) in Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier’s Greensboro office, has successfully completed the requirements for national certification in both business and consumer bankruptcy law.  

To become certified, Mr. Kahn had to satisfy the following requirements:

• Full-time practice of law for at least five years;
• Good standing in the bars of all states where he holds a license to practice law;
• Devotes at least 30% of practice time and at least 400 hours to bankruptcy related matters in the last three years;
• Documented involvement in consumer and business bankruptcy by providing information on cases;
• Demonstrated commitment to continuing legal education by earning at least 60 hours of bankruptcy education in the past three years;
• Pass an extensive examination covering business and consumer bankruptcy issues.

In addition, Mr. Kahn is certified as a specialist in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization.

The American Board of Certification (ABC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the public and improving quality of the bankruptcy bar.  The rigorous ABC certification standards are designed to encourage bankruptcy practitioners to strive toward excellence and to recognize those attorneys who are experts in the bankruptcy field.  The ABC offers separate certification programs in business and consumer bankruptcy and creditors’ rights. All three ABC certification programs are accredited by the American Bar Association.

The ABC is co-sponsored by The American Bankruptcy Institute and the Commercial Law League of America.  The ABC Board of Directors consists of many of the nation’s finest bankruptcy and creditors’ rights lawyers, formers judges and law professors.

Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier, PLLC is one of the largest law firms in the Carolinas, with more than 180 attorneys and offices in Charlotte and Greensboro, N.C. and Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Hilton Head, and Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Founded in 1945, Nexsen Pruet provides a broad range of legal services to the business community and represents companies and other entities in local, state, national, and international venues.