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11.18.24
Richard Kohn and Bill Starshak Presenting SFNet Midwest’s “International Lending 201” Lunch & Learn
Credentials
Education
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1969
– cum laude
- University of Michigan, B.A., 1966
– with distinction
Admissions
- Illinois
- United States Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Professional Activities
- Fellow of American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers
- Secured Finance Network, Vice Chair, International Finance & Development Committee
- International Bar Association, Member
- American Bankruptcy Institute, Member
Publications
- “The Role of Innovation in Cross-Border Lending,” Chapter 13 of The Future of Commercial Law: Ways Forward for Change and Reform, Ed. O. Akseli and J. Linarelli (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2020)
- “Current Issues in Cross-Border Asset-Based Lending: Lessons From the Field on the Need for Secured Transactions Reform,” Chapter 7 of International and Comparative Secured Transactions Law: Essays in Honour of Roderick A. Macdonald, Esq., Ed. S. V. Bazinas and O. Akseli (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2017)
- “Facilitating a Cost-Free Path to Economic Recovery: Implementing a Global Uniform International Receivables Financing Law,” Uniform Commercial Code Law Journal, 44 UCC L. J. 277 (2012) (with S.V. Bazinas and Louis F. Del Duca)
- “The Case for Including Directly Held Securities Within the Scope of the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions,” 15 Uniform L. Rev. 413 (2010)
- “Convention to Bolster Exports and Jobs,” Wash. Times, March 6, 2012