Robert C. Rowe
Associate
Robert C. Rowe is an associate working primarily in the Bankruptcy and Transactional Groups.
- Bankruptcy
- Represents business debtors and creditors in chapter 11 bankruptcy, as well as litigants in a broad range of commercial disputes.
- Obtained a summary judgment in bankruptcy court dismissing $12 million in fraudulent transfer and unjust enrichment claims in a complex data center construction dispute.
- Obtained, at bench trial, discharge of nearly $1,000,000 in client’s alleged nondischargeable debts and attorney fees under 11 U.S.C. §§ 523(a)(6)).
- Defended an engineering consultant against more than $1,000,000 in preference and fraudulent transfer recovery claims, settling the matter for approximately 1% of the alleged liability.
- Confirmed a Chapter 11, Subchapter V plan that settled more than $150 million in contingent, unliquidated tort liabilities.
- Obtained an award for approximately $500,000 in damages for homebuyer in an arbitration involving DTPA claims for negligent mold and water damage remediation.
- Successfully represented at bench trial our client’s promissory estoppel claim for damages resulting from the attempted purchase of a home.
- Defended a charter school against more than $400,000 in contractor claims and reached a favorable settlement at mediation.
- Successfully defended multifamily housing management companies in Texas Workforce Commission investigations into wrongful evictions and housing discrimination complaints.
- Counsels business clients in various pre-litigation matters including regulatory compliance, employment disputes, contract review, development of asset protection schemes, and maximizing credit departments’ recovery of accounts receivable.
- Protected vulnerable homebuyers from complex real estate fraud schemes and prevented the wrongful foreclosure on families victimized by such predatory “rent-to-own” home sales contracts.
Education
- SMU Dedman School of Law, J.D., 2016
- Trinity University, B.A., 2013
Bar + Court Admissions
- Licensed in Texas
- Texas Rising Stars, Bankruptcy: Business, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2026
- X-The Next Generation, Bankruptcy, Lawdragon 500, 2024-2025
- Leading Litigators in America, Lawdragon 500, 2025
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Bankruptcy Litigation, Construction Litigation, 2024-2025
- Member, Dallas Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
- Co-Author, "Keys to an Enforceable Bankruptcy-Blocking Provision," Dallas Bar Association Headnotes, April 2026
- Co-Author, "It’s Going To Rain Eventually, So Why Not Plan Now?," Carrington Coleman Capital Newsletter, Industrial & Other Real Estate Issue, February 2023
