Robert Davis Forster II

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 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.