Attorney Robert C. Furr Named among Top Attorneys in Florida

    BOCA RATON, FL, May 12, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Attorney Robert C. Furr, has been named a 2015 Top Florida Attorney by respected peer review ratings group Martindale-Hubbell. The designation is an objective indicator of a lawyer's high ethical standards and professional ability. Martindale-Hubbell's decision is generated from evaluations of lawyers by other members of the bar and the judiciary in the United States and Canada.

A founding partner of the Furr & Cohen Bankruptcy and Family Law firm in Boca Raton, Mr. Furr heads the firm's bankruptcy practice. As 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 bankruptcy cases throughout the South Florida region.

Board Certified in Consumer and Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification, Mr. Furr is experienced in both state court civil litigation and complex commercial litigation. He has served as trustee in a wide range of multimillion dollar and high profile bankruptcies, and has represented debtors-in-possession, trustees, creditors and banks in complex bankruptcies and workouts.

Mr. Furr received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC, and a JD from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, GA.

He is past president of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, the only trustee organization in the U.S., and has testified before Congress on bankruptcy matters and the legislative process. Mr. Furr is a past editor and chief of Nabtalk, the Journal of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, president of the Bankruptcy Trustee Association of Southern Florida, and sits on the board of the American Board of Certification.

Mr. Furr is a frequent lecturer, speaking to a variety of professional groups on bankruptcy law. He has authored numerous articles on insolvency and bankruptcy including, "Bankruptcy Trustee's and Debtors in Possession's Obligation to Comply with State Law under 959b," published in the Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 2013, and "The Effect of Spendthrift Trusts in Bankruptcy," published in the Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 2011. He is a member of the Florida Bar Association; Georgia Bar Association; Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida; National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees; American Bankruptcy Institute and holds American Board of Bankruptcy Certification.

For more information about Mr. Furr, please visit the Furr & Cohen, P.A website at http://www.furrcohen.com/Attorneys/Robert-C-Furr.shtml.

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