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Arthur Kohn has practiced law since 1986, focusing on compensation and benefits matters, including executive compensation, pension compliance and investment, employment law, corporate governance and related matters. In 2012, he was named by the National Association of Corporate Directors’ Directorship magazine to the Directorship 100 list, which seeks to identify “the most influential people in the boardroom community, including directors, corporate governance experts, journalists, regulators, academics and counselors.” In 2021, he was appointed as a fellow to the American College of Governance Counselors. 

Arthur is an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law, which he has taught the Taxation of Executive Compensation since 2009. He frequently speaks and writes about executive compensation, taxation and corporate governance matters. He repeatedly has been recognized for his work by the business and legal press, including Best Lawyers, Chambers USA, The Legal 500, Super Lawyers of New York and others. 

Arthur received a B.A. from Columbia University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was admitted into the Accelerated Interdisciplinary Legal Education program, was appointed a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and received Phi Beta Kappa honors.

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