Krystal M. Ahart, Esq.

Krystal M. Ahart is a partner at Kahn & Ahart, PLLC, dba Bankruptcy Legal Center™, in Phoenix and has helped numerous individuals and businesses through the bankruptcy process in chapters7, 11 and 13 since becoming licensed in 2012. She has helped many chapter 13 debtors save their homes (through the Mortgage Modification Mediation Program and otherwise) and enjoys helping clients through the chapter 11 process. Although her practice is mostly debtor-focused, Ms. Ahart also represents landlords in bankruptcy cases. She was the fourth female to become certified as aBankruptcy Specialist by the State Bar of Arizona and was selected for the 2020 class of ABI’s“40 Under 40” program and in Super Lawyers’ 2021 Southwest Rising Stars list. Ms. Ahart works closely with the Volunteer Lawyers Program (VLP) on the Friend of the Court Reaffirmation pro-gram at the bankruptcy court, where she teaches law students various skills, including effective client communication, interviewing, courtroom decorum and presentation; the law students then represent pro se debtors at their reaffirmation hearings. She is a past-president of the Young Law-yers Division Board of the Maricopa County Bar Association and currently serves as chair of VLP’sAdvisory Committee and as co-executive director of the Arizona Consumer Bankruptcy Counsel.In 2014, she was the first recipient of the Hon. Sarah Sharer Curley Self-Help Center VolunteerAward in recognition of her commitment to the success of the bankruptcy court’s Self-Help Center.Ms. Ahart received her B.S.A. in business administration, management and operations from DeVry University Phoenix in 2004 and her J.D. in 2011 from Arizona Summit School of Law.