The POWER List: Robert E. Eggmann

Carmody MacDonald, St. Louis

Robert Eggmann concentrates his practice in the areas of Chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcy, business reorganization, receiverships, business and individual loan workouts, debtor and creditor rights, and appellate bankruptcy advocacy.

For more than 30 years, he has advocated for both debtors and creditors in complex bankruptcy and commercial litigation in the 7th and 8th Circuits, as well as on behalf of creditors’ committees in numerous chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

Eggman has successfully handled issues involving stay relief, defense of fraud actions, and preference litigation, and has experience as counsel for Chapter 12 family farm debtors as well. Moreover, he currently serves as a Chapter 7 Panel Trustee for the Southern District of Illinois and in January 2020 was appointed as a Subchapter V Chapter 11 Trustee for the Central District of Illinois in small business debtor reorganization cases.

Over the years, Eggman has represented various banking institutions in complex lending transactions as well as trial counsel on general commercial litigation matters. He handles bankruptcy and restructuring matters throughout the greater St. Louis region and in Southern and Central Illinois.
After working at Lathrop & Gage, Eggmann previously opened the former Desai Eggmann Mason firm as a bankruptcy lawyer in Clayton, Missouri.

Eggman is admitted to practice in both Missouri and Illinois and is a frequent speaker on bankruptcy law issues.

He obtained a law degree from Saint Louis University in 1989.