Robert Adams represents debtors, creditors, creditors’ committees, trustees, bondholders and other clients in bankruptcy, reorganization, and creditors’ rights proceedings in federal and state courts. For more than four decades, he has been providing a broad range of services to clients in Chapter 11 reorganizations, Chapter 7 proceedings, workouts, business and commercial litigation matters, and foreclosure actions in Alabama and around the Southeast. Robert is involved in creditors’ rights proceedings in a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, broadcast communications, agriculture, restaurant, banking and real estate.
Robert represents lenders, bondholders, indenture trustees and borrowers in bankruptcy and other state and federal proceedings. Representations include orderly liquidations both in and out of court, loan workouts and debt restructurings. Robert also assists lenders in the defense of consumer litigation matters including FDCPA and advises lenders and borrowers in foreclosure and UCC sales both consensual and non-consensual.
Active in the federal, state and local bankruptcy bar, Robert is recognized as a “Best Lawyer in America” in the area of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law for more than thirty years. He is also recognized in the Alabama Super Lawyers. He served on the Steering Committee to establish the Alabama Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association.
Robert also served on the inaugural Fee Arbitration Committee for the Birmingham Bar Association and has served as chairman and co-chairman of that committee, as well as serving on the BBA’s Pro Bono and Scholarship Committees. He is a past president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham National Alumni Association. Robert has been a frequent speaker for continuing education courses on bankruptcy law and related topics and taught courses on bankruptcy law for paralegals at Cumberland School of Law, serving for several years on the faculty of Birmingham School of Law. Robert is a past chairman of the Pastoral Council and Finance Committee at St. Elias Maronite Catholic Church in Birmingham.
Community
•St. Elias Maronite Catholic Church in Birmingham, Past Chairman of the Pastoral Council and Finance Committee
Certifications
•Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law and Creditors' Rights Law by the American Board of Certification
Awards & Honors
•Listed in Birmingham Magazine, Top Attorneys 2019
•Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers - Bankruptcy: Business, 2008-2010, 2017-2020, 2022-2024
•Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 1995-2026
•AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Articles & Presentations
•Co-presenter, 'Mortgage Banking Law,' Mortgage Bankers Association of Alabama Education Session, June 7, 2017
•Chapter 11 and Alternatives for Businesses in Financial Distress: Strategies for Debtors and Creditors, National Business Institute, 2008
Robert's News and Insights
08.21.2025
Firm News
27 RumbergerKirk Attorneys Named to the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America
Dan Gerber and Leonard Dietzen Named “Lawyer of the Year;”...
11.21.2024
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Three RumbergerKirk Attorneys Listed in the 2024 Mid-South Super Lawyers
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., November 21, 2024 -RumbergerKirk is pleased to announce...
08.15.2024
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Best Lawyers in America 2025 Edition Recognizes 24 RumbergerKirk Attorneys
Two Named “Lawyer of the Year” and Two Named “Ones...
11.28.2023
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Two Accomplished RumbergerKirk Partners Named to 2023 Mid-South Super Lawyers
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., November 28, 2023 - Super Lawyers has recognized...
08.17.2023
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Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 24 RumbergerKirk Attorneys with Managing Partner Frank Sheppard Named Lawyer of the Year
ORLANDO, FL - August 17, 2023 - Best Lawyers has...
12.01.2022
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Three RumbergerKirk Attorneys Named 2022 Mid-South Super Lawyers
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., December 1, 2022 -Three of RumbergerKirk’s accomplished attorneys...
08.19.2022
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23 RumbergerKirk Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America 2023
Orlando, Fla., August 18, 2022 - RumbergerKirk is pleased to...
08.19.2021
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Eighteen RumbergerKirk Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America 2022
ORLANDO - August 19, 2021 - RumbergerKirk is pleased to...
11.30.2020
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RumbergerKirk Attorneys Selected As 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers
BIRMINGHAM - November 30, 2020 - Four of RumbergerKirk’s accomplished...
08.20.2020
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18 RumbergerKirk Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America 2021
ORLANDO, FL - August 20, 2020 - Eighteen RumbergerKirk attorneys...
(Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law and Creditors' Rights Law by the American Board of Certification)
