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Chad Van Horn, Esq.

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Chad Van Horn, Esq.

Chad Van Horn is a managing partner and founder of Van Horn Law Group, P.A. in Fort Lauderdale,Fla., and focuses on bankruptcy, business and real estate transactions, commercial and real estate litigation, loan modifications and landlord/tenant disputes. His personal and corporate bankruptcy practice focuses on foreclosure defense, debt-consolidation/debt-relief, consumer law, student loan consolidation, corporate representation, civil litigation and estate-planning/asset protection. Mr. Van Horn built his firm into a top-five bankruptcy firm in Florida, based on the number of cases filed in a year (PACER.gov).In addition, he worked with Florida state representatives to put a bill before the legislature to increase the bankruptcy car exemption from $1,000 to $5,000, ensuring that more people can keep their cars.He also filed the first subchapter V bankruptcy in the Southern District of Florida and won the first U.S.case protecting past NFL players from having to relinquish NFL Concussion Settlement funds during chapter 7. Mr. Van Horn authored The Debt Life and Everything You Need to Know About Bankruptcy in Florida, and he has been featured in the Daily Business Review, the South Florida Business Journal and the Wall Street Journal. Mr. Van Horn has been recognized as a “Superstar Pro Bono Attorney of theYear” by Legal Aid Services of Broward County, recently received a “40 Under 40” award by the SouthFlorida Business Journal and was selected for Leadership Broward Class XXXVI, and he is an ABI “40Under 40” honoree for 2022. He is admitted to practice in Florida and before the U.S. Supreme Court, and he is AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. In addition, he is Board Certified in Consumer and BusinessBankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification. Since starting his law practice, Mr. Van Hornand his firm have taken on more than 200 pro bono cases, which prompted Legal Aid of Broward to name him Pro Bono Attorney of the Year. He received his B.S. in business management with a focus on entrepreneurship and international business from Robert Morris College in Pittsburgh, and his J.D. fromNova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad Law School in 2009, where he was elected graduating class speaker.