Top Chapter 13 Lawyers in ZIP 85012 | 2 available

Firm: Kahn & Ahart, PLLC / Bankruptcy Legal Center™

301 E. Bethany Home Road, Suite C-195 , Phoenix , Arizona 85012

Practice Areas: Chapter 7, Bankruptcy, Chapter 11, Chapter 13, Mediation, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

We make the bankruptcy process as painless as possible! We promise to work hard for you in your Chapter 7, 11, or 13 bankruptcy case. Read our Client Reviews for examples from others!. James F. Kahn is a third-generation commercial law and bankruptcy attorney, who has been in private practice in Phoenix, Arizona since 1972.  He has been designated a Southwest Super Lawyer for 2007-2009 & 2012-2019 by Thomson Reuters. Jim served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Phoenix School of Law from 2007 through 2013.. Mr. Kahn concentrates his practice in the areas of Bankruptcy and Creditors' & Debtors' rights.  In 1988, he was certified as a Bankruptcy Specialist by the State Bar of Arizona, Board of Legal Specialization.  Mr. Kahn has served on numerous committees and regularly lectures in various educational programs on bankruptcy as well as Creditors’ and Debtors’ rights.  He served as Chairman of the Arizona State Bar Committee on Creditors' and Debtors' Rights and as Chairman of the Bankruptcy Section of the Arizona State Bar.  Mr. Kahn has served as a Judge Pro Tem of the Superior Court of Arizona since 1995.

Firm: Kahn & Ahart, PLLC / Bankruptcy Legal Center™

301 E. Bethany Home Rd, Suite C-195 , Phoenix , Arizona 85012

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy, Chapter 13, Chapter 7, Chapter 11, Debt Settlement, Bankruptcy & Debt

Krystal M. Ahart is a partner at Kahn & Ahart, PLLC, dba Bankruptcy Legal Center™. She focuses her practice on assisting individuals and businesses through the bankruptcy process in Chapters 7, 11, and 13. She first began working with her law Partner in 2002, when she was hired as a receptionist for the law firm of James F. Kahn, P.C., moving her way up from file clerk/receptionist, to secretary, to paralegal, and finally to lawyer, all while caring for a sibling, working during the day, and taking her undergrad and law classes at night.. Krystal is an active member of the legal community and devotes a substantial amount of time to serving the underserved. She works closely with the Volunteer Lawyers Program (VLP) on the Friend of the Court Reaffirmation program at the bankruptcy court, where she teaches law students various skills including effective client communication, interviewing, courtroom decorum, and presentation; the law students then represent debtors who do not have their own attorney at their reaffirmation hearing (as a “Friend of the Court”).. Krystal is a past-president of the Young Lawyers Division Board of the Maricopa County Bar Association and currently serves as Chair of VLP’s Advisory Committee and as Co-Executive Director of Arizona Consumer Bankruptcy Counsel (“ACBC”). In 2014, she was the first recipient of the Honorable Sarah Sharer Curley Self-Help Center Volunteer Award, in recognition of her commitment to the success of the Bankruptcy Court’s Self-Help Center.. Krystal recently became the fourth female to be Certified as a Bankruptcy Specialist by the State Bar of Arizona. She was selected to be a member of the 2020 Class of American Bankruptcy Institute's 40 Under 40 Program and to Super Lawyers’ 2021 Southwest Rising Stars® list, an honor reserved for only 2.5% of attorneys in the Southwest! In her free time, she enjoys snowboarding, camping, and hiking - with her awesomely well-behaved dog (Tyson) by her side.