Kent Barber

About Kent

Kent Barber brings 15 years of legal experience in sophisticated corporate and financial transactions to EMWN. He holds a distinguished rating from Martindale-Hubbell with a Very High Rating in Both Legal Ability and Ethical Standards and has been selected as a Super Lawyer from 2020-2023 and was a Super Lawyer Rising Star from 2013-2018. Prior to EMWN, Kent served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Joseph M. Scott, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge, Eastern District of Kentucky. He practiced at DelCotto Law Group PLLC and then founded Barber Law PLLC, focusing on business and litigation matters, commercial real estate, bankruptcy, insolvency-related transactions, creditors’ rights, and general business law. Kent has experience representing individuals and businesses in consumer and commercial bankruptcy, debt restructuring, and commercial litigation. He earned his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2008 and a B.B.A., magna cum laude, from Morehead State University in 2020.

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