Robert S. Hoofman
Robert S. Hoofman joined The Fowler Law Firm PC October 1, 2021 as its new Creditor Rights Practice Section Chief. Robert’s clients will include a diverse group of lenders and financing agents including traditional banks and credit unions, SBA approved lenders with emphasis on diversity, mortgage companies, even lenders who don’t think they are lenders like Moms and Dads, Uncles and Aunties who lend money to loved ones.
Robert maximizes his clients’ recoveries without employing the brutality used by some attorneys. Well known and admired for his good humored professionalism, Robert succeeds in recoveries where others have failed, not by enraging or abusing the debtor, but by respecting the debtor. When asked, Robert quietly notes “Our courts now mandate civility, so why not be a gracious, aggressive professional?”.
Robert is an active member of National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders and participates in multiple banking and finance sections of State Bar of Texas and Austin Bar Association.
A proud graduate with honors from University of Florida Law School, 1979 (Go Gators!), licensed by the Florida Bar in 1979 and by the State Bar of Texas in 2005, admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and multiple U.S. District Courts and U.S. Bankruptcy Courts, Robert began his legal career with Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal, then active private practice for more than forty (40) years, associated with three Martindell Hubbell AV rated firms including most recently The Fowler Law Firm PC. Robert is equally comfortable representing clients in state and federal courts and has handled an impressive number of trial and appellate cases in the field of creditor rights litigation
Robert is a giver. Active since high school in many charities and nonprofit organizations, Robert currently engages in a number of pro bono efforts on behalf of local charities both individually and as the first ever Executive Director of Fowler Family Foundation, a charitable corporation which supports and donates to a number of very worthwhile nonprofit organizations in Austin and Central Texas. He is an active supporter of Peace Park Conservancy, among other local nonprofits and charitable organizations. A few recent examples of Robert’s contributions appear below.
A Day in the Professional Life…
A Complete History of The Austin Club.
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Judge Robert N. ‘Rob’ Jones, an accomplished Texas licensed attorney and published historian of both Texas and U.S Civil War and Texas history, presented this beautiful, framed Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836-1845) to Robert Hoofman and Laura Fowler in celebration of their marriage.
Robert has had a lifelong love for classical music. With Laura Robert recently attended his first Austin Opera Serenata at which wonderful friends and wonderful fun were abundant.
Robert Hoofman and award winning Austin American Statesman Columnist Michael Barnes, enjoy a discussion about Michael’s upcoming Vol 5 ‘Indelible Austin’. Texas State Library and Archives Commission hosted.
Left to Right: Professor Jay Spalding, Elisa Rohr, Carlee LaBonte, Robert Hoofman, Dean Michelle Cuomo, Loriann Wolff.
Photo Courtesy Seminole State College Foundation Scholarships Department (2024)
This photo speaks volumes about how deeply the wonderful team at Seminole State College of Florida cares and about Robert Hoofman’s commitment to art and art students at every stage of their education. Distinguished Professor of Studio Arts, Jay Spalding’s class was unexpectedly interrupted for a surprise scholarship award to art student Carlee LaBonte, jointly presented by Seminole College Foundation Scholarships Manager Elisa Rohr, Center for Fine and Performing Arts Dean Michelle Cuomo and Loriann Wolff, and Robert Hoofman and Laura Fowler for Hoofman Fowler Endowed Scholarship. All congratulated Carlee LaBonte for her very well deserved award and encouraged others to apply for scholarships.
Austin Bat Rescue Co-Founder Lee Mackenzie shows Robert that bats really do purr while explaining Austin Bat Rescue’s heroic round the clock efforts to rescue and revive thousands of local bats during Austin’s February 2021 blizzard.
Donation by Fowler Family Foundation
Touring Mobile Loaves & Fishes Community First Village in Austin Ed Clark explains to Fowler Law’s Laura Fowler, Robert Hoofman and Eugene Clayborn the remarkable mission that restores dignity to Austin’s chronically homeless.
‘Tiny homes’ appear in the background.
Donation by Fowler Family Foundation.