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Robert W. Berry, Attorney at Law: A Former Bank Examiner Whose Client Won a Published Fifth Circuit Case

Robert Berry spent his early career on the other side of the table — as a financial institutions examiner — before becoming a bankruptcy attorney. That background paid off in 2011, when a client he represented won a published, precedent-setting decision at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit protecting a consumer bankruptcy debtor’s asset-protection rights.

Origin and Background

Robert W. Berry, Attorney at Law is based at 3301 Northland Drive, Suite 216, Austin, TX 78731. Berry was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1995, holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Texas (1986) and a J.D. from St. Mary’s University School of Law (1994), and previously worked as an associate at McLeod, Alexander, Powel & Apffel, PC before founding his own practice in 1997.

Practice Concentration

Berry’s bankruptcy practice covers consumer bankruptcy under Chapters 7 and 13, small business and sole proprietorship bankruptcy, and corporate bankruptcy under Chapter 7, alongside foreclosure defense and creditor-debtor and real estate matters. His prior career as a financial institutions examiner gives him a documented, verifiable perspective on how lenders and creditors evaluate distressed accounts, which he brings directly into his bankruptcy representation. See this Austin Bankruptcy & Debt directory for how this examiner-turned-advocate practice compares to other Austin bankruptcy firms.

Notable Work / Track Record

Berry’s most significant documented result is Camp v. Ingalls (In re Camp), 631 F.3d 757 (5th Cir. 2011) — a published Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision, unanimously affirmed in his client’s favor, that reversed an earlier district court ruling and preserved the client’s asset-protection rights in a consumer bankruptcy matter. A published appellate win is independently verifiable through the case citation itself and represents a higher bar than an unpublished settlement or trial court result.

Client Voice

Client reviews describe Berry as willing to meet on short notice, including a Saturday consultation for a family in urgent financial distress, and credit him with a professional, thorough approach that produced a positive outcome under time pressure. Another reviewer described him as instrumental in helping them avoid bankruptcy when it initially seemed unavoidable. Awesome Attorneys did not identify negative or critical reviews warranting disclosure in the sample reviewed.

Beyond the Courtroom

Berry has been a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and the Austin Bar Association continuously since 1997, reflecting sustained professional engagement with the bankruptcy bar beyond his individual caseload.

Recognition for This Austin Bankruptcy Firm

Awesome Attorneys did not identify TBLS Board Certification in Bankruptcy Law for Robert Berry and does not apply “specialist” language on that basis. His published Fifth Circuit case, Camp v. Ingalls, is an independently verifiable appellate credential distinct from board certification — few consumer bankruptcy practitioners can point to a reported circuit-level win, and Awesome Attorneys treats this as a genuine, documented distinction. He also received the American Jurisprudence Award for Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy in law school (1993), an academic honor tied directly to his eventual practice area.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Consumer bankruptcy filings under Chapter 7 in the Western District of Texas benefit from Texas’s unlimited homestead exemption, one of the most protective in the country, and the published Camp v. Ingalls decision Berry litigated specifically concerned the scope of asset-protection rights available to debtors under Texas and federal bankruptcy law. None of this is legal advice; a specific bankruptcy or asset-protection matter should be evaluated by a licensed Texas attorney based on the actual facts involved.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Robert W. Berry’s clearest differentiator is a documented, published appellate win at the Fifth Circuit level in a consumer bankruptcy asset-protection case, reinforced by a former financial institutions examiner’s insider perspective on how creditors evaluate distressed accounts. The honest trade-off is solo-practice scale and the absence of formal TBLS board certification — a published circuit win demonstrates litigation capability in one significant matter, not the breadth of certification earned across years of exam-tested practice. For a debtor facing a contested bankruptcy issue, particularly one involving asset-protection questions, where appellate-level litigation experience matters, that published Fifth Circuit result is a strong basis for a shortlist.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from Robert W. Berry’s Avvo attorney profile (documenting his education, bar admission, and the Camp v. Ingalls case citation), Martindale.com’s firm information page, Lawyer.com’s client review page, and the Cornell Legal Information Institute’s attorney directory listing.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Robert W. Berry, Attorney at Law prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placement products to attorneys and firms, including this one, but sponsorship has no bearing on the editorial content, inclusion, or findings of this profile.