Mr. Robert C. Port

Gaslowitz Frankel LLC

Robert C. Port is a partner with Gaslowitz Frankel LLC, Atlanta, Georgia. The firm focuses on fiduciary litigation arising from disputes related to trusts, wills, estates, guardianships, conservatorships, partnerships, closely held corporations, and securities and investment fraud. 

Robert is a member of the Georgia and Tennessee Bars. He is admitted in the Northern, Middle, and Southern Federal Districts of Georgia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the Georgia Bar, the Atlanta Bar Association, the American Bar Association (ABA), and the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA).

Robert is the Editor of “Georgia Business Litigation,” a one-volume, comprehensive guide to many of the issue business litigators often encounter, including officer, director, shareholder, partnership and LLC disputes; securities litigation; non-compete and trade secret issues; RICO; intellectual property issues; business torts; insurance liability; fraudulent transfers; employment litigation; and the ever-increasing use of arbitration.

Robert has litigated cases in federal and state courts in Georgia and throughout the country, as well as arbitrated before FINRA (the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority), and the AAA (the American Arbitration Association). He also serves as a FINRA chair-qualified arbitrator, has been appointed to the national roster of arbitrators for the Consumer Panel of the (AAA), and serves as an arbitrator for the Georgia State Bar’s Fee Arbitration Program.

Robert is a frequent speaker on estate and trust litigation, securities litigation, and securities arbitration before a variety of audiences, including the Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), the Atlanta Bar Association, The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), the Georgia Society of CPAs, and the National Business Institute (NBI), and the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA). He has also published numerous articles on fiduciary litigation, securities law, and other legal topics in the Georgia Bar Journal and other publications.

Robert attended the University of North Carolina, where he obtained a B.A., with Honors, in 1979, and a J.D., with Honors, in 1983. Following law school, he was a Law Clerk for Hon. Eugene N. Gordon, Senior United States District Court Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina.