C.K. Belhasen

C.K. Belhasen is one of the America's leading attorneys in the field of consumer bankruptcy.A business graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Magna Cum Laude,(1972) and the University of Baltimore School of Law, Cum Laude,(1976) where he received the degree of Juris Doctor, he has been a practicing attorney and member of the Kentucky Bar Association since 1976.

During this time he has devoted himself to representing the "common man and woman" in every type of litigation, including criminal and civil cases.

C.K. maintains offices in downtown Paintsville, KY and practices in courthouses all over East KY including Paintsville, Louisa, Inez, Salyersville, Pikeville, Corbin, Lexington and Ashland.

Charles K Belhasen, Attorney

Charles K Belhasen is one of Kentucky's leaders in the field of consumer bankruptcy.Most people call him "C K".

He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati (Magna Cum Laude, 1972) where he studied accounting and of the University of Baltimore School of Law (Cum Laude, 1976) where he received the degree of Juris Doctor.He has been a practicing attorney and member of the Kentucky Bar Association since 1976.

During this time he has devoted himself to representing the "common man and woman" in every type of litigation, including criminal and civil cases.During his career C K has served as: Member, Kentucky Airport Zoning Board; Johnson County Attorney; Paintsville Zoning Commission; Lt.Col., Civil Air Patrol, Kentucky Wing; Chairman, Johnson County Board of Education and on other boards and commissions.He has been a private pilot since 1968.

Charles K Belhasen, Attorney

Flying into most of Eastern Kentucky's 15 or so airports has never been easy, said C.K. Belhasen, a Paintsville lawyer and veteran pilot.In the mountains, runways generally are located either on wind-swept mountaintops or along fog-prone river valleys, he said.
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Belhasen says airport safety in the region has improved in recent years, but flying is more challenging in Eastern Kentucky than in the flatlands of north Texas.

Weather conditions can change quickly on mountaintops or in river valleys, he said.In a thunderstorm, visibility can become almost zero while the winds inside can effectively blow up to 200 to 300 miles an hour, he said.

"From a pilot who has flown in both the flatlands and the mountains, I prefer the flatlands," Belhasen said.
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Despite recent fatal crashes, however, Belhasen, who has served on two airport boards, says flying in Eastern Kentucky is safer now than it has ever been.

He cited improved technology, lengthened runways and the emphasis on moving airports with short runways along rivers to hilltops.

"The old airport at Pikeville, they used to kill somebody frequently," he said."The old Hazard airport, to me, was a deathtrap, too."

Some airports, such as Harlan, are on hilltops that are still lower than surrounding mountains, posing problems for pilots trying to land, Belhasen said.

"We're not going to be able to do enough mountaintop-removal mining to get rid of all these mountains," he said.

C.K. Belhasen, Attorney

Winds inside thunderstorms in these areas can "effectively blow up to 200 to 300 miles an hour," C.K. Belhasen, a veteran pilot, told the Lexington Herald Reader's Lee Mueller.