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Robert Gonzales - Nashville Chapter 11 Attorney

Robert J. Gonzales
robert@emerge.law
(615) 337-8774

Practice Areas     ​

 

Education

  • Vanderbilt Law School - JD 1994

  • Louisiana Tech University - BA 1990​

 

Admissions

  • Tennessee

  • U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Middle District of Tennessee

  • U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern District of Tennessee

  • U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Western District of Tennessee

  • 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals​

 

Seminar Presentations

  • SBRA in Tennessee - The New Frontier in Chapter 11

  • Turnaround Planning & Execution During COVID-19

  • Chapter 11 and Alternatives for Businesses in Financial Distress

  • Making the Best of a Bad Situation: Dealing with Companies Facing Bankruptcy or Insolvency

  • Business Insolvency and Chapter 11

  • Chapter 11 Practice Under the New Bankruptcy Code

  • Uncharted Waters: Deciphering the New Bankruptcy Code

  • Workout or Chapter 11: Legal Strategies for Overleveraged Businesses 

  • Business Insolvency in Tennessee: Exploring Bankruptcy Issues

  • Bankruptcy Law and Procedure from Start to Finish in Tennessee

  • Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Law and Procedure in Tennessee

  • Bankruptcy Basics

  • LLCs: Advising Small Business Start-Ups And Larger Companies In Tennessee

  • Bankruptcy: An Introduction To Business Cases

 

Memberships and Distinctions

  • Rated "AV" Preeminent (highest) by Martindale-Hubbell®

  • Turnaround Management Association, Board of Directors, 2021-present

  • Mid-South Commercial Law Institute, Board of Directors, 2005-2010

  • Nashville Bar Foundation, Fellow

  • Past Chair, Nashville Bar Association Bankruptcy Court Committee and Corporate and Commercial Practice Committee

  • Included in: Best Lawyers in America; Chambers USA – America’s Leading Business Lawyers; and Nashville Business Journal's “Best of the Bar”

  • Named by Super Lawyers® as Top Business Bankruptcy Lawyer in Nashville and among Top 100 Lawyers in Tennessee

  • Member, American Bankruptcy Institute and Turnaround Management Association

Robert is a business lawyer whose practice is focused on financial restructurings, both in and out of bankruptcy court. He has guided hundreds of businesses through Chapter 11 reorganizations, sales, orderly wind downs, and out-of-court workouts. His clients come from every sector, ranging from small enterprises with a few employees to public companies with thousands. He also has extensive experience representing Unsecured Creditors Committees in Chapter 11 cases, and investors of distressed assets and businesses in 363 sales and Chapter 11 Plans. Robert has also served as court-appointed Receiver for operating and liquidating businesses.


Although he works with companies across the spectrum of industries, a significant portion of Robert's practice involves restructurings of manufacturing, retail, automotive, farming and agribusiness, healthcare, sports and leisure, construction, and real estate enterprises.  

Robert has built a reputation regionally with fellow attorneys, bankers, and business and accounting professionals as a lawyer with a sharp business sense adept at solving complex problems with multiple parties and competing interests. 

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Robert earned his law degree from Vanderbilt University in 1994, and was board certified in 2005 as a Business Bankruptcy Law Specialist. He has been consistently recognized as a standout among Tennessee insolvency lawyers by publications including Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, Nashville Business Journal's Best of the Bar, and Mid-South SuperLawyers.

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In addition to his insolvency practice, Robert has over the years represented businesses and their owners in a wide range of corporate and transactional matters, including the buying and selling of businesses, commercial real estate, and other assets. 

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