Michael D. Robl (member)

Practice Area Summary:

Creditors’ and Debtors’ Rights; Bankruptcy; Loan Work-Outs; Business Disputes; Real Estate Disputes.

Practice Area Detail:

Mr. Robl regularly handles a broad range of creditor and borrower matters, such as collections on promissory notes, guarantees and accounts, foreclosures, garnishments, domestication of foreign judgments, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claims, Fair Credit Reporting Act claims, state law fraudulent transfer claims, and loan work-outs.

Mr. Robl has significant experience representing creditors and debtors a wide range in Chapter 7, 11 and 13 bankruptcy matters, with an emphasis of business-related bankruptcy matters. Experience includes filing and contesting voluntary and involuntary business bankruptcies, adversary proceedings regarding preferential, fraudulent, and post-petition transfers, filing and contesting relief from automatic stay motions, violation of automatic stay claims, objections to collateral valuations, motions to convert or dismiss cases, financing statement validity disputes, objections to exemptions, objections to proofs of claim, objections to discharge, objections to lien claims, objections to motions to assume and assign contracts, priority disputes, opposition to Chapter 11 first-day orders, administrative expense claims, and purchasing assets from bankruptcy estates.

Mr. Robl has litigated and arbitrated business and real estate disputes for individuals and companies of all sizes. Representative cases have involved claims of breach of contract, fraud, conversion of property, defamation, Deceptive Trade Practices Act violations, business dissolution cases, and interpleader actions.

Education:

Emory University School of Law, J.D., With Distinction, Atlanta, Georgia, 1994.
Macalester College, B.A. (Philosophy), St. Paul, Minnesota, 1991.

Biography:

Executive Articles Editor, Bankruptcy Developments Journal (1993-94).
Author, Bankruptcy Law and Litigation, (National Business Institute CLE, Atlanta, Georgia, May 13, 2009; Chapters on Protecting the Creditor’s Position and What You Should Know About Bankruptcy Procedure and Litigation).
Author, Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Law and Procedure in Georgia, (National Business Institute CLE, Atlanta, Georgia, November 7, 2007; Chapters on BAPCPA revisions to bankruptcy code and rules, automatic stay litigation, and ethics).
Author, Fighting Bogus Arbitrations, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (June 2005, Vo. XXIV, No. 5) at 20, 50-53 (co-authored with Judy D. Thompson, Stephen J. Newman, S. Andrew Jurs).
Author, Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Law and Procedure in Georgia, (National Business Institute CLE, Savannah, Georgia, December 6, 2005; Chapters on critical changes due to bankruptcy reform legislation, conducting the initial client interview, ethics and automatic stay litigation).
Author, Aligning Your Practice With the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, (National Business Institute CLE, Savannah, Georgia, scheduled for September 27, 2005; Chapters on major changes in each section of the bankruptcy code and changes affecting particular creditors and industries).
Author, What is the State of State Fraudulent Conveyance Law?, Georgia Bar Bankruptcy Section Newsletter – Notice & Hearing (Winter 2005) pp. 1, 3.
Author, Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Law and Procedure in Georgia, (National Business Institute CLE, Savannah, Georgia, April 29, 2004; Chapters on introduction to bankruptcy code and rules, automatic stay litigation, ethics, and protecting the creditor’s position).
Author, Landlord’s Claims and Remedies in Bankruptcy Court and Drafting Suggestions for Landlord-Tenant Leases, (Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, for February 6, 2004 CLE “2004 Emerging Issues in Debt Collection,” co-authored with Mitchell Rosen).
2007 Georgia’s Legal Elite Award Recipient in the field of bankruptcy and creditors’ rights from Georgia Trend Magazine (December 2007) (peer selected award).

Memberships:

American Bankruptcy Institute (2002 – present).
Georgia Bar Association, member Bankruptcy Law Section (2002 – present).
Atlanta Bar Association, member Bankruptcy Law Section (1999 – present).
American Bar Association (1994 – present).
Lawyers Club of Atlanta (2000 – present).
Lamar Inn of Court (2003 – 2005).

Appellate Court Decisions of Significance:

Ambassador Factors v. Rhein-, Maas-, Und See-Schiffahrtskontor GmbH (Vormals Sanara Reedereikontor GmbH), 105 F.3d 1397 (11th Cir. 1997).
Chrysler Financial Corp. v. First Coast Auto Sales, 211 F.3d 130 (11th Cir. 2000) (table decision).
Mitchell v. The Gilwil Group, Inc., 261 Ga. App. 882, 583 S.E.2d 911 (2003).
ABF Capital Corp. v. Yancey, 264 Ga. App. 850, 592 S.E.2d 492 (2003).
Winzer v. EHCA Dunwoody, LLC, 277 Ga. App. 710, 627 S.E.2d 426 (2006).

Court and Bar Admissions:

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (01/05/96).
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (05/07/04).
U.S. District Court & Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Georgia (08/23/99).
U.S. District Court & Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Georgia (04/20/01).
Georgia Supreme Court (06/15/95).
Georgia Court of Appeals (06/15/95).
Georgia State Bar (admitted to all Georgia trial courts) (07/01/94).