Robert C. Furr leads the firm’s bankruptcy practice. A panel trustee for the U.S. Trustee Program for the Southern District of Florida, Mr. Furr regularly acts as trustee in chapter 7, 11 and 12 cases throughout the region. He has served as trustee in many multimillion dollar bankruptcies and has represented debtors-in-possession, trustees, creditors and banks in complex bankruptcies and workouts.
Mr. Furr is board certified in consumer and bankruptcy law by the American Board of Certification. His experience includes both state court civil litigation and complex commercial litigation.
In 2008, Mr. Furr was appointed trustee to liquidate the assets of 21 Roadhouse Grill locations in Florida. In 2006, he served as bankruptcy trustee for the benefit of investors defrauded in a $33 million Ponzi scheme. Additionally, he has represented Cascade International and Linen Supermarket as chapter 11 debtors-in-possession.
Mr. Furr is president of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, the only trustee organization in the nation. He has testified before Congress and the National Bankruptcy Review Commission on bankruptcy matters and the legislative process. He is a past-editor and chief of Nabtalk, the journal of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees and a past-president of the Bankruptcy Trustee Association of Southern Florida.
A frequent lecturer, Mr. Furr has spoken to various professional groups and authored numerous articles on insolvency and bankruptcy.
PRACTICE AREAS
- Complex Chapter 7 and 11 Reorganizations for Corporations and Individuals
- State Court Civil Litigation including Receiverships
- Complex Commercial Litigation
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
- Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar, 1983, 1988, 1993
- Board Certified Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney, American Board of Certification, 1994, 1999
- Board Certified Business Bankruptcy Attorney, American Board of Certification, 1994, 1999
PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
- Florida Bar Association
- Georgia Bar Association
- Palm Beach County Bar Association
- Founding Chairman, Bankruptcy CLE Committee
- Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida
- Past-President, Bankruptcy Trustee Association of Southern Florida
- Law and Leading Attorneys
- National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
- President, 2008-2009
- Director and Secretary, 2001-2005
- Editor and Chief, Nabtalk, 2001-2005
- Director, Boca Grove Plantation Country Club
- Chair of Fundraising, Boca Grove, Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County
