Practice areas: Business Litigation, Creditor Debtor Rights, Banking; view more
Licensed in Texas since: 2005
Education: Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2025 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2009, 2017 Robert D. Forster, II, is the Managing Partner of the BDF Law Group and is based in the Addison, Texas location. The BDF Law Group is comprised of the following firms: Barrett Daffin Frappier Turner & Engel, LLP, (Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Wyoming) Barrett Daffin Frappier Treder & Weiss, LLP (California, Nevada, & Arizona) and Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP (Colorado). The BDF Law Group provides a full range of legal services to creditors on defaulted commercial and residential mortgage loans.
Since joining the firm in 2006, his practice has primarily consisted of real estate, financial services, and commercial litigation throughout Texas. He is a frequent speaker at continuing legal and title education programs on mortgage banking, title, probate, and creditor’s rights related topics and has authored numerous articles and publications, including serving as a co-author of the Texas State Bar’s Foreclosure Manual (3rd Edition, 4th Edition, and supplements), as well as the 26th Annual Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course for the State Bar of Texas, the 49th, 50th, 51st, and 52nd Annual William W. Gibson, Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute by the University of Texas School of Law, 25th Annual Robert C. Sneed Texas Land Title Institute, as well as participating on panels hosted by the ALFN, USFN, Five Star, Legal League 100, IMN, and TMBA. In 2017, Robert was awarded the Suzanne Kelly New Member of the Year Award by the United Trustee Association, actively serves on the Mortgage Bankers Association State Legislative and Regulatory Committee, has been named as a Texas Super Lawyer multiple times, and was recently recognized by MSN.com as one of the “Top 5 Lawyers to Seek in 2025” throughout the United States.
Born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, Robert received his B.S. from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and his J.D. from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law. He is licensed to practice law with the State Bars of Texas, Arizona, and Georgia, all United States District Courts in Texas, Arkansas, Arizona and the United States Supreme Court.
Practice areas
Business Litigation, Creditor Debtor Rights: Business, Banking, Creditor Debtor Rights: Consumer, Real Estate: BusinessFocus areas
Collections, Foreclosure, Landlord/Tenant, Mortgage & Refinance
- 40% Business Litigation
- 30% Creditor Debtor Rights: Business
- 10% Banking
- 10% Creditor Debtor Rights: Consumer
- 10% Real Estate: Business
First Admitted: 2005, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.bdfgroup.com/attorney/forster-robert-davis-ii/
Bar / Professional Activity
- State Bar of Texas, 2005
- U.S District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, 2005
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 2005
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 2005
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, 2016
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 2016
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 2016
- State Bar of Georgia, 2016
- State Bar of Arizona, 2016
- United States Supreme Court, 2018
- United States District Court, District of Arizona, 2023
Special Licenses / Certifications
- FHA/ HUD Certified Foreclosure Commissioner, 2018
Pro bono / Community Service
- Cater and serve food to Homeless Veterans for Thanksgiving and Christmas at Dallas VA Medical Center, 2018
- Cater and serve food to Homeless Veterans for Thanksgiving and Christmas at Dallas VA Medical Center, 2019
- Cater and serve food to Homeless Veterans for Thanksgiving and Christmas at Dallas VA Medical Center, 2021
- Cater and serve food to Homeless Veterans for Thanksgiving and Christmas at Dallas VA Medical Center, 2022
- Purple Pumpkin Project for the Epilepsy Foundation , 2022
- Epilepsy Awareness Ambassador by the Epilepsy Foundation, 2023
Honors
- Selected as a nominee for 2023 awarded to the world's lawyers, judges, advisers, and educators. , Who's Who in American Law, Marquis, 2023
- Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star, Texas Monthly Magazine, 2017
- Suzanne Kelly New Member of the Year Award, United Trustee Association, 2017
- Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star, Texas Monthly Magazine, 2009
Educational Background
- Bachelor of Science, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, 1999
White Papers
- The National Mortgage Servicer's Reference Directory™ (The NMSRD™) includes comprehensive coverage of foreclosure laws, time frames, deficiency statutes, eviction requirements, and documents needed to commence the foreclosure action.Updated regularly on a customized online platform available to electronic subscribers, The NMSRD™ provides practical overviews of real estate-related laws in all 50 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico, making it the go-to resource for guidance on state foreclosure processes and regulations. The NMSRD is a must-have industry reference for everyday questions!, NMRSD - National Mortgage Servicer's Reference Dictionary (USFN), Real Estate, Banking, Mortgages, Financial Services, Debt Collection, 2021
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Article explains the CFPB’s proposed regulatory amendment aimed at the obligations of mortgage servicers in assisting borrowers prior to initiating foreclosure proceedings., Author, CFPB Unveils Highly Anticipated Updates to Regulation X, Mortgage Point Magazine and Website, Real Estate, Banking, Mortgages, Financial Services, Debt Collection, Compliance, 2024
- Summary of a US Supreme Court case that address significant questions about eminent domain and property rights under the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution, Author, Detillier v. Texas - US Supreme Court Case That Could Alter Property Rights Nationwide, Legal League Quarterly Update Q3 2024, Real Estate, Eminent Domain, Constitutional Law, 2024
- As the world grapples with the escalating consequences of climate change, its impact is seeping into unexpected corners of our lives. This article expresses the critical connections between our changing climate and the stability of a cornerstone of the financial sector: the mortgage industry. , Author, Rising Tides, Rising Premiums, Rising Defaults: Climate Change's Toll on the Mortgage Industry, Legal League Quarterly Update Q3 2023, Banking, Mortgage Servicing, Litigation, Class Actions, Financial Services, 2023
- Analysis and critique of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Supervisory Highlights on Junk Fees and how it affects the mortgage and banking industry. , Author, "Junk - Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder": An Overview of the CFPB's Supervisory Highlights Junk, Legal League Quarterly Update Q2 2023, 2023
- Manual compiled by professional lawyers in the state of Texas regarding the processes and forms needed for typical foreclosure transactions. It includes forms with filler text and extensive explanations about how the forms might be completed depending on various common scenarios., Contributor, Texas Foreclosure Manual, 3rd Edition (And all Supplements), State Bar of Texas, Real Estate, Banking, Mortgages, Financial Services, Debt Collection, 2023
- Overview of litigation trends in the banking industry as a result of COVID, Author, Another COVID Side Effect: A Rise in New Litigation Trends, DS News, Banking, Mortgage Servicing, Litigation, Class Actions, Financial Services, 2021
- Overview of Texas Supreme Court Decision on Equitable Subrorgation as it relates to defaulted liens, Author, Texas Supreme Court Throws the Industry a Lifeline, DS News - Legal Industry Update, Litigation, Appeals, Banking, 2021
- This article covers the impact ofCOVID-19 on the mortgage industry, howthe industry is responding, options availablefor borrowers to attempt to retain their homes(both the good and bad), as well as the impactof governmental intervention and the overalleffect of the pandemic on lenders and howthat will influence their behavior in thefuture, Author and Presenter, "Loss (Mitigation) During a Catastrophe", University of Texas School of Law, Mortgage Lending Institute, Real Estate, Banking, Mortgages, Financial Services, Debt Collection, 2020
- This addresses the historicaland current challenges mortgagees facewhen attempting to foreclose a real propertylien after the death of the borrower. Anumber of legal and procedural questionsremain unresolved concerning themortgagee’s rights to enforce its promissorynote and deed of trust during probate, theinterim period between the mortgagor’sdeath and the opening of the mortgagor’sprobate, and when no probate proceeding isinitiated at all., Author and Presenter, "Dead Debtors: The Problem, The Past, and The Plan", State Bar of Texas, Mortgage Lending Institute, 2018
- Banking
- Collections
- Commercial Litigation
- Foreclosure
- Real Estate
- Title
Office location for Robert D. Forster, II
4004 Belt Line Road
Suite 100
Addison, TX 75001
Phone: 972-688-6895
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2025
- Rising Stars: 2009, 2017
