PDF/A Creation in Acrobat 9 Standard?

I have recently learned that Federal Courts may begin mandating the use of PDF/A-1b. See: http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/2010/11/ready-for-cmecf-changes-conforming-existing-pdf-fil es-to-pdfa/
At our law firm we have licenses for Acrobat 9 Standard.
Can we create this files with this version or do we need to have Professional? I saw Acrobat 9 Standard Distiller has this function, but I did not see a way to convert an existing PDF into this format.
Any help or input appreciated.
Thanks.

Only Professional has the preflight feature.

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