BIOGRAPHIES


Alan Kan

Alan Kan

Alan Kan’s practice focuses on corporate and business transactions, bankruptcy, and civil litigation. Mr. Kan routinely represents clients in a variety of matters ranging from business acquisitions, commercial litigation, and consumer and commercial bankruptcy. Mr. Kan’s practice entails extensive experience in business formations, the purchase or sell of businesses of various size, and also negotiating and drafting corporate documents and agreements, including software, technology and other intellectual property licenses, vendors and other professional services agreements, and franchise agreements.

Mr. Kan also serves as outside counsel for various business clients, including advising on corporate governance, regulatory compliance and other business issues. Additionally, he counsels clients in commercial and consumer lending and collections matters, including advising on issues relating to the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the Truth-in-Lending Act. Mr. Kan’s experience also extends to representing debtors (commercial and consumer) and creditors in restructuring loans (workouts) as well as in various receivership and bankruptcy proceedings. He has also advised clients on multi-state licensing and compliance issues. In the litigation context, Mr. Kan also has strong commercial litigation and trial experience including representing various clients with damages in excess of $1 million. Mr. Kan has managed many difficult cases from inception through completion successfully obtained favorable results for many of his clients.

Before forming Kan Clark LLP, Mr. Kan worked as an associate in the Corporate and Business Transactions Group in the Atlanta office of Dow Lohnes, PLLC where he advised, negotiated, and closed merger and acquisition, leveraged buyout, and secured and non-secured financing transactions in excess of a billion dollars. Prior to joining Dow Lohnes, Mr. Kan practiced with the firm of King & Spalding in Atlanta, where he represented both lenders and borrowers in both secured and unsecured financing deals ranging from $15 million to $800 million. Mr. Kan also gained invaluable insight into the civil and criminal litigation process while serving as a law clerk for the Honorable Justice Hugh Thompson of the Georgia Supreme Court and the Honorable Judge W.N. Dettmering in the Douglas County State Court. Additionally, Mr. Kan sharpened his criminal law skills while working in the Dekalb County Public Defender’s Office and litigation experience while working at the Turner Environmental Law Clinic.

Membership and Activities:
  • Associate Editor-Georgia State University Law Review
  • Atlanta Bar Association
Education:
  • University of Georgia, B.B.A. in Finance and Risk Management, cum laude, 2003
  • Georgia State University, College of Law, Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, 2006
Bar Admissions:
  • Georgia 2006
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Aaron Clark

Aaron Clark

Aaron Clark is an experienced trial attorney with a committed focus in the commercial litigation and personal injury realm. As one of the founding partners of Kan Clark LLP Mr. Clark’s practice focuses on achieving successful verdicts for his diverse client base. He is respected by court officials and other lawyers for building strong cases and handling them with energy and integrity. As a veteran of many trials, he is a skilled courtroom advocate and effective negotiator with a level of determination that always seeks the best possible outcome.

Practicing in both state and federal court, Aaron has achieved a number of successful verdicts for his clients in difficult situations. Utilizing an aggressive style, he diligently believes that serious legal issues require serious results. Aaron realizes that all of his clients deserve personalized expert legal services that are cost-effective and first-rate. More importantly, Aaron treats each client as a partner in his or her case and emphasizes that the best results derive from a well-informed client and a knowledgeable attorney. To that end, Aaron handles all cases personally and provides an efficient and focused outcome. Through his zealous advocacy, he has consistently sought and achieved tremendous results for his clients. Aaron’s aggressive and knowledgeable approach has developed lasting relationships with each client who in turn rely on him for his legal expertise and his ability to be creative, communicative and accessible.

Membership and Activities:
  • Associate Editor-Georgia State University Law Review
  • Atlanta Bar Association
Education:
  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, B.A, with highest honors, 2001
  • Georgia State University, College of Law, Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, 2006
Bar Admissions:
  • Georgia 2006
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M. Patrick Callahan

M. Patrick Callahan

Patrick Callahan is Of Counsel with Kan Clark, LLP focusing his practice on trust and estate planning, business planning, asset protection, and tax planning. Patrick also specializes in working with non-US citizens on inbound estate and business planning and for US citizens on outbound estate and business planning.

Before joining Kan Clark, LLP, Mr. Callahan provided financial consulting services through several national financial networks, co-founded a boutique business and estate planning law firm, and provided international tax consulting to multi-national Fortune 500 companies through Arthur Andersen and Deloitte Tax. Leveraging his background and expertise, Mr. Callahan almost exclusively represents business owners and high-net worth clients whose dynamic needs require strategies that tie together business, tax, financial, and legal planning. His business clients span a wide variety of industries, and he regularly assists business owners with exit strategies, family business succession planning, business purchase and sale transactions, executive compensation and retention strategies, domestic and international tax planning, and trust & estate planning. In addition to his role with Kan Clark, LLP, Mr. Callahan currently provides financial consulting services through his separate firm, Xception Advisory Group, LLC. Any financial services through Xception Advisory Group are entirely separate and distinct from his legal practice with Kan Clark, LLP. Patrick lives in Peachtree Corners with his lovely wife, Elisabeth, and their three energetic daughters, Fiona, Keira, and Alexandra.

Membership and Activities:
  • Atlanta Estate Planning Counsel
  • Fiduciary Section of the Georgia Bar
  • Golf, Swimming, Rock Climbing, P-90X
Education:
  • The Marist School, Atlanta, Georgia, 1997
  • The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, B.A. in International Economics & Finance, magna cum laude, 2001
  • Georgia State University, College of Law, J.D., 2006
Bar Admissions:
  • Georgia 2006
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