Hon. Benjamin A. Kahn

Judge

Current Position

Judge
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of North Carolina
Greensboro, NC 27401
USA

Judge Kahn serves as faculty for Phase I and Phase II Orientation for Newly Appointed Bankruptcy Judges for the Federal Judicial Center, having previously served as a member of the FJC Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Judge Education from 2019-2025 and as its Chair from 2020-2025. He is a Conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference, for which he currently serves as Co-Chair of the Communications and External Relations Committee, as a member of the Nominating Committee, and previously served on the Executive Committee and as Chair of the Committee on the Court System and Bankruptcy Administration. Judge Kahn served on the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on the Bankruptcy Rules from 2020-2026, for which he served as Chair of the Forms Subcommittee. He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. He is a member of the Board of Editors for Collier on Bankruptcy and writes as a contributing author. He served as the Judicial Chair of the Southeastern Bankruptcy Workshop for the American Bankruptcy Institute from 2019 through 2023, and is a member of the Education Committee for the 100th Anniversary Meeting of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, for which organization he also serves on the Legislative Committee. Judge Kahn is certified as a specialist in business and consumer bankruptcy law by the American Board of Certification, for which he served as a member of the Board of Directors until his appointment to the bench. Prior to joining the bench, Judge Kahn was a certified mediator in North Carolina. He was recognized as among the Top 10 North Carolina Super Lawyers across all practice areas for the two years immediately preceding his appointment, elected to the Legal Elite Hall of Fame by Business North Carolina Magazine in 2014 as the category winner in North Carolina for Bankruptcy, and was included among Band 1 bankruptcy practitioners in North Carolina in Chambers and Partners USA. Judge Kahn received his BA in 1990 and his JD with Honors in 1993 from UNC-Chapel Hill.