He graduated from Union College with an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1959 and Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor in 1962.
He studied at Oxford University and then practiced law with his brother in Albany, New York, from 1963 to 1973.
[3] Since 1990, Kahn has served as an adjunct professor at Albany Law School, where he teaches courses on litigation in state and federal courts.
[4] President Bill Clinton nominated Kahn to the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York on April 18, 1996,[5] to fill the seat vacated by Neal Peters McCurn.
Kahn was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 16, 1996, and received his commission on August 1, 1996.