Robert C. Furr, Esq.

Robert C. Furr is a partner with Furr & Cohen, P.A. in Boca Raton, Fla., and leads the firm’s bankruptcy practice. He has more than 35 years of experience representing individuals and businesses in complex chapter 7 and 11 proceedings. Mr. Furr is Board Certified in both Consumer and Business Bankruptcy by the American Board of Certification. He serves as a panel trustee for the U.S. Trustee Program for the Southern District of Florida, and he regularly acts as a trustee in chapter 7, 11 and 12 cases throughout the region. He also has served in many multimillion-dollar bankruptcies. Mr. Furr is trained in bankruptcy mediation to serve in mediating adversary proceedings, contested matters and plans expertise with complex cases. His cases encompass both state court civil litigation and complex commercial litigation in addition to bankruptcy. Mr. Furr has handled numerous complex cases in a broad range of business and industries, including retail, manufacturing, medical and other professional practices, restaurant chains, IP companies, real estate and nonprofit. He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, and he is a past president of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees. Mr. Furr has testified twice before Congress 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 serves as 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. He received his J.D. from Emory University in 1975.