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Richard Kohn is one of the founders of Goldberg Kohn and is a senior principal of the firm. He is a member of the firm's Commercial Finance Group, recognized as having one of the strongest and most diversified commercial finance practices in the country. In addition, since 1989, Mr. Kohn has been actively engaged in representing lenders in international lending transactions.
Since January 2002, Mr. Kohn has served as Co-General Counsel of the Commercial Finance Association (CFA), which is the national trade association of commercial finance lenders. He represented CFA in proceedings before the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) relating to the development of the Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade (approved by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2001) and is currently serving on a panel of experts for UNCITRAL to develop a guide to help countries modernize their secured transactions laws. He is a Fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers and is a member of the Founders Leadership Council of the CFA Education Foundation. He is also a member of the Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys and of the American Bankruptcy Institute. Mr. Kohn was recently selected by his peers to be included in the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Mr. Kohn is a frequent author and lecturer on commercial finance topics, often in the area of international lending.
Education
University of Michigan, J.D., cum laude, 1969
University of Michigan, B.A., with distinction, 1966
Bar Admissions
Illinois
Supreme Court Bar
Articles
Summary and Analysis of the ABA Task Force Model Deposit Account Control Agreement
Summary of Pertinent Provisions of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
Commercial Finance Association Annual Report 2005
Legal Notes - November/December 2004
Legal Notes - September/October 2004.
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