CURRICULUM VITAE
OF
ROBERT P. MORROW, JR.
Summary of Relevant Skills and Qualifications
- Proven litigation skills and ability in achieving excellent results for clients in trials, hearings, mediations, motion practice, depositions, discovery, pleading and document preparation, in the practice areas of divorce, family law, bankruptcy, probate, wills, criminal law, and personal injury.
- A former Assistant State Attorney for the Fourth, Seventh and Twelfth Judicial Circuits of Florida, Robert Morrow has been a prosecutor in felony jury trials ranging from first-degree murder to grand theft.
- Major law firm experience with Greenebaum, Doll, and McDonald; major corporate law department experience with The Hanes Group of Sara Lee Corporation, Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc., and Ingram Industries, Inc.
- Member of The Florida Bar since November 28, 1977.
- JD with license to practice in Florida and North Carolina, and licensed to practice in The United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, and United State Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Work Experience and Accomplishments
- 1990 to Present: Robert P, Morrow, Jr., Attorney-at-Law, Jacksonville, Florida.
Accomplishments : Personally established successful law practice in the areas of divorce law, family law, criminal law, probate, elder law, bankruptcy and personal injury. Hamilton-Roe International, Inc., Horizons Rehabilitation, Inc., and Cash Advance, Inc. representative corporate clients.
- 1989: Director and Counselor of Property Development, Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
Accomplishments : Negotiated take-back/remodel of retail store in Albuquerque, New Mexico resulting in cost-free, refurbished store and $1,000,000 payment to Ward; negotiated cost-free remodeling of Altoona, Pennsylvania store; generated $10,000,000 in license income.
Manager of, and counselor to, a 36-member department, including direct reports from the Director of Asset Redeployment, Director of Business Ventures, and Manager of Property Management, responsible for: Asset Redeployment - a program to lease and redevelop 10,000 SF to 120,000 SF in each of 326 Montgomery Ward retail stores; Business Ventures -- a program of licensing from 150 SF to 5,000 SF (most frequently at 2,000 SF) of integrated retail space in each of 326 Montgomery Ward stores; and Property Management - responsible for rent disbursement and sublease income accounting, ensuring landlord compliance with maintenance obligations and other duties, exercising options and lease renewals, and ensuring proper response to estoppel requests and site change notices for 326 Montgomery Ward retail stores and supporting warehouse, computer, and product service facilities.
- 1988: Associate, Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald, Louisville, Kentucky.
Accomplishments : Sole antitrust counsel to firm; negotiated, prepared and closed corporate, commercial and real estate transactions, confidential offerings of restricted stock and limited partnership units.
- 1986-1987: Associate General Counsel, Ingram Industries Inc., Nashville, Tennessee.
Accomplishments : Negotiated and developed single-class insurance policy which allowed for the financing of waste transfer facility in New Jersey and produced income of $1,000,000 for Ingram; prepared and closed the multi-million sale and concurrent purchase of newly sited corporate offices of Ingram; conducted mergers and acquisitions, negotiated, prepared and closed commercial real estate transactions as the prime real estate attorney for Ingram; negotiated, prepared and closed venture capital, and commercial loan transactions for the billion-dollar, diversified, privately held company.
- 1982-1985: General Attorney, Sara Lee Corporation, The Hanes Group, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Accomplishments : Negotiated, prepared and closed for $ 10,000,000 the purchase of improved real property in Greenville, South Carolina for the strategic roll-out of croissants for Sara Lee; negotiated, prepared, and closed the establishment of initial sites for Coach Leatherware's retail stores; conducted the merger and acquisition of Coastal Foods Corporation, one of the largest privately held corporations in the State of South Carolina; conducted mergers and acquisitions of businesses ranging from $10,000,000 to $80,000,000; prepared and closed real estate transactions involving the development of apartment, light industrial, office and retail developments as the prime real estate attorney for The Hanes Group.
Attorney of first resort and responsible for L'eggs Products, Hanes Hosiery, Hanes DSD, Sav-A-Stop Incorporated, and The Fuller Brush Company.
- 1980-1981: Associate General Counsel, Sav-A-Stop Incorporated, Jacksonville, Florida.
Accomplishments : Promoted and transferred to The Hanes Group of Sara Lee Corporation after the acquisition of Sav-A-Stop Incorporated by Sara Lee Corporation - practicing in the areas of real estate transactions, corporate transactions, litigation supervision, creditors' and debtors' rights, environmental and employment law, as well as being primarily responsible for negotiating, preparing and closing leases for approximately 300 warehouse facilities.
- 1977-1980: Assistant State Attorney for the Fourth, Seventh, and Twelfth Judicial Circuits of Florida.
Accomplishments : Prosecutor in felony jury trials ranging from grand theft to first degree murder; sole responsibility for pleading preparation, discovery, depositions, motion practice, hearings and jury trials.
Education
- 1970-1977: Emory University; Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with High Honors, Major Finance, College of Business Administration, Juris Doctor, College of Law, University of Florida.