Robert F. Elgidely

Robert F. Elgidely is a partner with Fox Rothschild LLP in Miami and New York, where he focuses his practice on complex bankruptcy disputes and commercial litigation matters. In his bankruptcy practice, he regularly represents court-appointed fiduciaries in connection with chapter 7 and 11 cases stemming from fraud and financial crimes. He also regularly represents debtors, creditors, creditors’ committee sand liquidating trustees. Mr. Elgidely has handled business, real estate, aviation, admiralty, sports and entertainment, motor vehicle and ERISA/employee benefits disputes. He prosecuted avoidance claims seeking more than $84 million in recoveries in a chapter 7 bankruptcy case stemming from a massive check kiting scheme, served as special counsel to the chapter 7 trustee in a bankruptcy case involving a$350 million international Ponzi scheme in which 7,000 victim-creditors obtained significant recoveries, represented the chapter 11 trustee of a law firm that collapsed following the revelation of a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme perpetrated by the firm’s principal and secured recoveries that contributed to a 100 percent distribution to victim-creditors, and represented several Italian professional tennis players in connection with a suit against the ATP concerning provisions of the official rulebook for the sport. Prior to joiningFox Rothschild, Mr. Elgidely was a partner in the bankruptcy law and litigation practice of a Florida boutique law firm. Before he became a lawyer, he served in the U.S. Army National Guard and U.S.Army Reserve; he completed Basic Combat Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., in 1989 and AdvancedIndividual Training as a medic at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, in 1990. Mr. Elgidely received his B.A. fromSiena College in 1993, his J.D. in 1996 from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College ofLaw and his LL.M. in taxation in 1997 from the University of Miami School of Law.