| Robert C. Meyer |
Practice Areas:
Bankruptcy Trustees Rights
Bankruptcy Chapter 7
Bankruptcy Chapter 11
Chapter 13
Civil Litigation
Consumer Law
Estate Planning
Probate
Tax Controversies.
Admitted:
1984, Florida
1985, U.S. District Court
1987, Southern District of Florida
1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court
Middle District of Florida
Law School:
University of Miami, J.D., 1983
University of Miami, LL.M., in Taxation, 1984.
College:
Grinnell College, B.A., 1979
Member:
- Member Bar Associations for Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County and American Bar
- The Florida Bar (Sections Member for Business and Tax)
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida
- National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
- National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
- American Bankruptcy Institute Member
- Emerald Society of South Florida, Inc (Board of Directors, 1995 and President 1996-1997)
- Adjunct Professor, "Bankruptcy Taxation," LL.M. Taxation Program, University of Miami Law School, 2001
- Bromeliad Society of South Florida (Board of Directors 2006-2021, President 2009-2010, 2016)
- Florida Legal Services (Board of Directors 2018-)
Articles:
- "How Bankruptcy Before Divorce May Be Better Than After Divorce" Co-Author with Thomas Gary, The Matrimonial Strategist,Volume XVI, Number 12, November1999
- "Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy Has Evolved" Business Law Section Quarterly Report, February 2002
- "Federal Tax Liens 'Stick It' to Entireties" Florida Bar Tax Section Bulletin, Vol XXII, No. 1, September 2003
- "Disclaimer Statute May Permit Judgment Debtors to Deliver Money to Friends or Family With Nothing to Creditors, But Not Always in Florida" Florida Bar Journal, April 2004
- "Homestead Protection is Devolving" ABI Committee News, March 2006
- "Discharge Calculations under the New Code for Those Filing" ABI Committee Notes, August 2006
- "Section 522(f) Forward to the Past or Back to the Future?" Florida Bar Journal, June 2011
- "New Ransom Decision Opens or Closes Doors?" ABI Committee Notes, June 2011
- "Accelerated Payment in Chapter 13 = Modification" Florida Bar Journal, November 2011
- "Can New Rule 3001.1 Snooker a Secured Creditor?"ABI Journal, February 2012
"Bankruptcy Service of Process is Complex and Confusing" NABTalk, September 2012
- "Nonresident Alien Debtor’s’ Exemption Rights in Florida May Exceed Those of Florida Resident Aliens and Floridians" NABTalk, March 2016
- "ABC Assignee Banned from Filing A Voluntary Bankruptcy Peittion" NACBA, March 2016
- "Illegality of Marijuana Growing Prohibits Bankruptcy Plan Confirmation" NACBA, March 2016
- "Will a Surrender in Bankruptcy Terminate Defenses in Florida Foreclosure?" NACBA, March 2016
- "Clawback Periods May Extend to Six or Ten Years" NACBA, September 2016
- "Part 1: Divorce Issues in Bankruptcy Often Make Handling Divorce Matters Advantageous"ABI Consumer Journal, February 2017
- "Part 2: Divorce Issues in Bankruptcy Often Make Handling Divorce Matters Advantageous"ABI Consumer Journal, March 2017
- "Are Client’s Tax Returns Timely Enough for Discharge?" Florida Bar Journal, May 2017
- "Post-petition Transferee: Good Faith and Value Defenses May Overcome Avoidance Action" NACBA, May 2018
- "Small Business Reorganization Act Arrives this Month" ABI Journal, February 2020
- "How to Interpret 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(*): Unambiguous or Inharmonious" Florida Bar Tax Journal, November 2020
- "Bankruptcy and Trusts" ABI Journal, February 2021
"Section 522(b)(3): A Debtor with No Homestead Exemption" ABI Journal, July 2021
- "Florida Exemptions and How Same May be Lost" Florida Bar Journal, September 2021
Awards:
- Miami-Dade County Bar Association's Put Something Back Pro Bono Award for Bankruptcy 2001
- The Florida Bar President's Pro Bono Service Award for 2004 (Eleventh Circuit)
- Miami-Dade President's Put Something Back Award, 2004
- Grinnell College Alumni Award, 2008
Reported Cases:
- In re Faberge Restaurant of Florida, Inc., 222 B.R. 285 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1997)
- In re Marco Levy, 221 B.R. 559 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1998)
- In re Gonzalez, 206 B.R. 239 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1997)
- In re Popek, 188 B.R. 701 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1995)
- In re LuRay Richardson, 151 B.R. 613 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1993)
- In re Equipment Company of America (ECOA v. Production Supply Company of Florida, Inc.), 135 B.R. 169 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1991).
- In re Hartnett v. Mustelier, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25654; 18 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 94
- In re Hartnett v. Mustelier, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27046; 18 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 183
- Mejia v. Ruiz, 985 So. 2d 1109 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008)
- Gillig v. Sallie Mae, Inc. (In re Gillig), Nos. 08-13843-BKC-RBR, 08-1338-BKC-RBR-A, 2008 Bankr. LEXIS 3841, at *1 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. Nov. 24, 2008)
- Mendizabal v. Hernandez-Abreu (In re Hernandez-Abreu), 506 B.R. 307, 310 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2014)
- Cont'l Tr. Corp. v. Mukamal, No. 14-24002, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 115423, at *1 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 31, 2015)
- Quartz Hill Mining, LLC v. Estate of Estate of Kemper, 25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D257 (U.S. S.D. Fla. October 7, 2015)
- Carter v. Lorenzo, 26 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D20 (U.S. S.D. Fla. March 15, 2016)
- Anjum v. Mukamal (In re Kumar), 182 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D87 (U.S. S.D. Fla. December 9, 2016)
- Coastwide Servs., LLC v. Goldberg, 229 So. 3d 404(Fla. 3d DCA 2017)
- In re Kumar, No. 11-15802-RAM, 2018 Bankr. LEXIS 1578, at *1 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. May 30, 2018)
- In re Shek, 27 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D170 (U.S. M.D. Fla. November 13, 2018)
- Advance Sounds & Performance, Inc. v. Evans (In re Evans), 27 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B380 (U.S. Bankr. S.D. Fla. April 6, 2019)
- Mass. Dep't of Rev. v. Shek (In re Shek), 947 F.3d 770, 772 (11th Cir. 2020)
- Liebman v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, 625 B.R. 559 (S.D. Fla. 2020)
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