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411 East Franklin Street
Suite 600
Richmond, Virginia 23219-2200
(804) 697-2025
(804) 696-2125 (fax)
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Current Employment Position(s):

Shareholder and Director

Areas of Practice:

  • Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law
  • Workouts and Restructurings
  • Creditors Rights
  • Foreclosure Law
  • Uniform Commercial Code Law
  • Agricultural and Agricultural Lending Law
Bar Admissions:

  • Virginia, 1990
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Virginia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
Representative Cases:

  • Parker v. N.C. Agric. Fin. Auth., 341 B.R. 547 (U.S. District Court E.D. Va. 2006)

  • Phillips v. Rinehart, 352 B.R. 427 (U.S. Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Va. 2005)

  • Richards v. Rapid Funding, LLC, 336 B.R. 722 (U.S. Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Va. 2004)

  • In re Ahearn, 318 B.R. 638 (U.S. Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Va. 2003)

  • In re Herndon, 218 B.R. 821 (U.S. Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Va. 1998)


Classes/Seminars Taught:

  • Guide to Revised Article 9 - Changes in the Law of Secured Transactions and Selected Bankruptcy Issues, Atlantic Agricultural Credit Conference, 2003

Honors and Awards:

  • Listed in Virginia Super Lawyers 2008

Robert H. Chappell, III 

Mr. Chappell's practice is focused in the areas of bankruptcy, foreclosure and collections. From 1990 to 1991, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Hal J. Bonney, Jr., a United States Bankruptcy Court Judge in Norfolk, Virginia.

Mr. Chappell earned a B.A. in English and History from the University of Virginia in 1987 and his J.D. from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary in 1990.

Mr. Chappell is a Director of Froehling & Robertson, Incorporated and has also served on the Board of Directors of the Richmond Bar Association. He has been chosen by his peers for inclusion in Virginia Business Magazine's Legal Elite list and will appear in Virginia Super Lawyers 2008.

Education:
  • The College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1990
    J.D.

  • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1987
    B.A.
    Major:  English
    Major:  History

Professional Associations and Memberships:
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Amrican Bar Association
  • Virginia Bar Association
  • National Association of Retail Collections Attorneys
  • Debt Buyers' Association
  • Virginia State Bar
    Member, Board of Directors
  • Bar Association of the City of Richmond
    Member, Board of Directors
  • Bar Association of the City of Richmond, Bankruptcy Section, 2003 - 2004
    Past Chair
Past Employment Positions:
  • Hon. Hal J. Bonney, Jr., U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge, Norfolk, Virginia, Law Clerk, 1990 - 1991

Birth Information:

1965, Richmond, Virginia



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