Kenneth M. Greene Printer-Friendly

Kenny Greene focuses his practice on commercial finance, banking and bankruptcy. He works closely with both national and regional banks, commercial lenders, finance companies and factors on important issues that impact the profitability of their operations. He documents and closes secured loans, restructures troubled loans, supports insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings and resolves issues involving creditors’ rights.

Kenny is a past president and current fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers (ACCFL). He also served on two task forces established by the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association – one to create a model agreement governing the control of account deposits and another to create model agreements for first and second intercreditor liens. 

Kenny is the author of the North Carolina chapters of the Commercial Lending Law sections of Commercial Lending Law, Second Edition: A Jurisdiction-by-Jurisdiction Guide to U.S. and Canadian Law (2016), and The Law of Guaranties, A Jurisdiction-by-Jurisdiction Guide to U.S. and Canadian Law (2013), both published by the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association. He also co-authored the chapter on North Carolina receiverships in the treatise Strategic Alternatives For and Against Distressed Businesses (2018), published by Thomson/Reuters/West.

Before joining Carruthers & Roth, Kenny served in the Judge Advocate General Corps of the United States Navy.

Bar and Court Admissions

• North Carolina, 1974
• Virginia, 1970

Professional Memberships and Activities

• American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, Fellow and Past President
• American Bar Association, Business Law Section Task Force Member
• North Carolina Bar Association, Business Law Section Council Member, Co-Chair of the Business Law Section Opinion, and Bankruptcy Law Section Council Member
• Virginia Bar Association
• Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys
• North Carolina Bankers Association
• Turnaround Management Association
• Greensboro Society of Financial Service Professionals, Member
• Greensboro Bar Association
• North Carolina Bar Association
• American Bar Association

Published Work

• Strategic Alternatives For and Against Distressed Businesses, Co-Author, “Chapter 64A: North Carolina,” Thomson/Reuters/West, 2018.
• Commercial Lending Law, Second Edition: A Jurisdiction-by-Jurisdiction Guide to U.S. and Canadian Law, Author, Chapter on North Carolina Commercial Lending Law, Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, 2016.
• The Law of Guaranties, A Jurisdiction-by-Jurisdiction Guide to U.S. and Canadian Law, Author, Chapter on North Carolina State Law of Guaranties, Commercial Finance and Uniform Commercial Code Committees of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, 2013.

Awards and Recognitions

• Legal Practice Hall of Fame from the North Carolina Bar Association (2022)
• Lifetime Achievement Award from the North Carolina Bar Association Bankruptcy Section (2019)
• Banking and Lending Institution Forms Contributing Editor
• Best Lawyers in America, 2003-2004 and 2007-2021
• Best Lawyers in America: Greensboro Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law “Lawyer of the Year,” 2019
• Best Lawyers in America: Greensboro Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law “Lawyer of the Year,” 2015 
• Best Lawyers in America: Greensboro Banking & Finance Law "Lawyer of the Year," 2009
• Business North Carolina: Legal Elite, 2007-2012, 2015
• Business North Carolina: Legal Elite Top Vote-Getter and Hall of Fame, Bankruptcy Law
• Chambers USA, 2007-2015
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
• North Carolina Bar Association: Co-Recipient, Business Law Section Distinguished Service Award, 2010
• North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2006-2021
• North Carolina Super Lawyers, "Top 100: North Carolina" List, 2015
• Order of the Coif
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Virginia Law Review Associate Editor,1969-1970, and Editorial Staff Member, 1968-1969