The focus of A Neutral View, LLC is on business disputes of all sorts as well as estate and probate matters. I pride myself on thorough preparation, careful listening and a calm, energetic and persistent approach to achieve consensus. For now, all dispute resolution services are being done online using the robust Zoom Video platform. These include mediation sessions, arbitration hearings and special master (referee) assignments.
Named Best Arbitrator in the Wisconsin Law Journal's 2019 Reader Ranking poll.
Served 21 years as Circuit Court Judge in Wisconsin. Presided in hundreds of jury trials. Ruled on thousands cases including products liability, medical/legal malpractice, real estate, securities, family conflict, business breakups, contract breaches, employment, collection, insurance coverage, environmental regulation, accident and injury liability.
Member of the faculty of the National Judicial College 2004-2014. Instructed judges from all 50 states on courtroom practices and Rules of Evidence. Kahn taught judges, attorneys and law students in Wisconsin on courtroom technology, and evidence and for the Wisconsin Judicial College, State Bar of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Bar Association and (as guest lecturer) Marquette School of Law.
Served 15 years on CCAP Steering Committee - for the automation of the Wisconsin State Court data. Kahn promoted the display of court case data on the Internet and the free access to this data by all.
Before serving as a judge, Charles was senior partner at Kahn and Flynn, SC and predecessor law firms for 15 years. Focused on business, technology, securities and real estate litigation. Earlier, worked three years as a trial lawyer for the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee.
Case Experience
Automotive
Banking & Finance
Business Dissolution
Class Actions
Commercial/Business
Community Associations
Condominiums
Construction
Consumer Fraud
Contract Disputes
Debt Collections
Discrimination
Divorce (High Asset)
Education
Employment
Engineering
Family Businesses
Franchise
Industrial
Insurance
Internet
Landlord/Tenant
Legal Malpractice
Lemon Law
Libel & Slander
Local Govt./Municipalities
Medical Malpractice
Mergers & Acquisitions
Mortgage Foreclosure
Nursing Homes
Partnerships
Personal Injury
Police
Premises Liability
Probate
Product Liability
Professional Fees
Professional Liability
Professional Malpractice
Professional Negligence
Property Damage
Real Estate
Religious Institutions
Securities
Sexual Harassment
Shareholder Disputes
Software
Taxation
Technology
Title Disputes
Torts
Trusts / Estates
Unfair Competition
Utilities
Wrongful Death
Education
BA George Washington University, 1972
JD University of Wisconsin School of Law, 1974
Chuck Kahn was trained as mediator by the Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law, the National Judicial College, Wisconsin Judicial Education programs and the Mediation Training & Consultation Institute of Ann Arbor, MI.