Kuhn’s legal career veers to airport

Law Talk profile for The Memphis Daily News

Oct. 21, 2010

The legal profession is somewhat of a family business for Brian Kuhn, recently retired Shelby County attorney and newly appointed legal counsel for the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority.

With siblings practicing in Florida and Memphis, and a father who was president of the American Bar Association in 1966 and partner with McDonald Kuhn PLLC, he decided to follow suit.

“By the time I came along, I had a father and two older brothers in law so I had to figure out what the heck they were talking about,” Kuhn said, “so I went to law school.”

It’s a passion and interest that has never waned, carrying over into his new role, a second career of sorts.

“I’m very excited, extremely excited,” he said about his new position and the opportunity to work in a field of law he hasn’t previously worked … (read more)