Background
Kohn, Richard M. was born on December 31, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Richard M. Kohn
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University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, 1966. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1969).
Career
Worked at Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, Limited. (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in General Business Law and Business Litigation, Corporate, Commercial and Asset-Based Finance, Real Estate, Representation of Creditors in Bankruptcy and Workouts, Securities, Tax, Employment, Intellectual Property and Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1969, Illinois.
Fellow: American College of Finance Lawyers, 1994.
Associate General Counsel, Commercial Finance Association, 1995. Editor, Prospectus, A Journal of Law Reform, 1968-1969.
Author: "Reflections on International Asset-Based Lending," The Secured Lender, January/February 1991 at p. 8; "Preferential Transfers on the Eve of the Bankruptcy Amendments," 2 Prospectus 259, 1968.
Company-Author: "Warranties Arising Under the UCC," Sales and Financing under the Revised Uniform Commercial Code (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Chapter 2, 1978).
Company-Author: "Pure Debtor-In-Possession Financing," The Secured Lender, November/December 1995. Lecturer and Panelist: National and Local Chapters of the Commercial Finance Association, 1986. CFA/Wharton Institute of Secured Lending, 1987.
Uniform Commercial Code Panelist, "Lawyers" Forum," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, 1978-1980.
Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Chicago Council of Lawyers.
American Bankruptcy Institute. Founded in 1976 by young partners from other Chicago firms, the firm has grown fifteen-fold to become one of the best known mid-sized firms in Chicago.
The firm"s hiring standards are competitive with the largest firms in Chicago.
Its clientele includes large institutions, entrepreneurs and middle market companies. The firm strives to staff matters leanly and to give close personal attention to all matters, large and small.
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Membership
Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Chicago Council of Lawyers. American Bankruptcy Institute.
Fellow: American College of Finance Lawyers, 1994.
Associate General Counsel, Commercial Finance Association, 1995. Editor, Prospectus, A Journal of Law Reform, 1968-1969.
