About Bob
Bob was selected as a Charter Member of the American College of Bankruptcy in 1990 and served two terms as a Director. Chambers USA, the highly regarded legal directory that is based upon actual client interviews, has named Bob as a “Leader in their Field” in the area of bankruptcy since 2009. He is listed in the Best Lawyers in America in the Bankruptcy Law category and was selected for inclusion in Alabama Super Lawyers from 2008 through 2012. In 2007 and 2010, he was selected for inclusion in The International Who’s Who of Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyers.
Bob is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Turnaround Management Association.
He is a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy and secured transactions topics and has spoken to the Mississippi State Bar Bankruptcy Section Annual Seminar, the Alabama State Bar Continuing Legal Education program, the Cumberland School of Law Annual Bankruptcy Seminar, and the Mid-South Bankruptcy Seminar. He has also served on the faculty of the LSU Graduate School of Banking and as a professor for the PESI and Lorman Educational Systems.
Bob has served as an adjunct professor for the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University and the Birmingham School of Law. He was recently selected to serve as an adjunct professor for the University of Alabama School of Law beginning in 2009.
Bob received his B.A. in 1961 from Memphis State University and his LL.B. in 1965 from Vanderbilt University. He was admitted to the Alabama Bar in 1965.
Bob’s highlighted matters include:
- Counsel for creditor, SouthTrust Bank of Alabama, N.A., in Jones Plumbing & Manufacturing Company case in Southern District of New York.
- Counsel for Debtor Enstar Specialty Retail and subsidiaries ($100 million retail Chapter 11); Counsel for Debtor in Enstar Group Chapter 11 ($100 million publicly held holding company case).
- Counsel for purchaser in Chapter 11 case of Warrior Drilling & Engineering, Inc. Represented Howell Petroleum of Houston, Texas in $60 million acquisition of assets from Chapter 11 debtor.
- Counsel for Regions Bank as secured creditor in Chapter 11 case of Goldstein Brothers, Inc. d/b/a Golbro, a retail jewelry store chain.
- Counsel for Debtor, Lakeland Farms in largest agricultural Chapter 11 case filed in Alabama.
- Counsel for petitioning creditors in involuntary Chapter 7 Tri-Care Rehabilitation Services, Inc. - Physical Rehab group with over $10 million in debt.
- Counsel for Wells Fargo Bank in major shopping center bankruptcy.
- Counsel for Creditors Committee in Chapter 11 case of Cathedral of the Cross - major church reorganization.
- Representation of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company with $40 million claim in major oil and gas bankruptcy in Birmingham.
- Counsel and Advisor to Regional Shopping Center Developer in respect to strategic planning and business issues.
- Counsel and Advisor to Regional Steel Pipe Distribution Company.
- Local transactional supervising bank counsel in $1 billion cross-border loan to finance acquisition of pulp and paper mill.
- Counsel to regional Bank in wholesale/retail perfume and cosmetics company workout and Chapter 11 pending in Southern District of Florida.
- Counsel to purchaser of retail store chain with Chapter 11 pending in Southern District of Florida.
- Counsel to regional Bank part of $250 million Bank group in Chapter 11 of steel mini/mill pending in Delaware.
- Counsel for Chapter 11 Debtor in refractory and boiler fabrication business.
- Counsel to Settlement Trustee in two major asbestos bankruptcies pending in the District of Delaware.
- Counsel for successful movant to transfer Winn-Dixie Chapter 11 case from Southern District of New York to Middle District of Florida.
- Counsel for one of the petitioning creditors in the Involuntary Petition against Louis J. Pearlman involving a 500 million dollar Ponzi Scheme in the Middle District of Florida.
- Co-counsel for the Trustee of the Bernard Ebbers Liquidating Trust.
- Counsel for Debtor in Chapter 11 case of Bill Heard Enterprises and affiliates, the largest Chevrolet dealer in U.S. Case involved in excess of 500 million dollars in debt.
- Counsel for Debtor in Chapter 11 of Brunos, Inc., a regional grocery store chain with debt in excess of 100 million dollars.
- Co-counsel for the unsecured creditors committee in the case of Colonial Bancgroup Inc., a billion dollar bank failure.
- Counsel for the unsecured creditors committee in case of Dixie Pellets LLC, manufacturing operation with 100 million in debt.