Bobby Armes, JD, MBA

Attorney—Corporate, Real Estate, Financial Investments

Multicultural Markets Business Development Executive

Deming Parker Law Firm, Norcross, GA

    Bobby Armes is an Attorney and a Multicultural Markets Business Development Executive with more than 24 years of Legal, Real Estate, Financial, Management, and Business Development expertise.  As an attorney, he advises clients in many areas of law.  As a Multicultural Markets Executive he focused on supporting marketing efforts, consulting on branch level operations, and identifying new business opportunities and relationships.  He has been successful at growing new business in the Hispanic, African-American, Asian, and International markets.  A speaker that is comfortable in both English and Spanish, he has given more than 50 presentations over the last few years.  Whether as an attorney, Multicultural Markets Executive, or financial consultant, Bobby has a consistent track record of success in building new client relationships and being a million dollar producer.

Since 2008, Attorney Bobby Armes has worked as an Associate Attorney for Deming Parker Law Firm in Norcross, GA.  He consults clients in numerous areas of the law including Corporate, Real Estate, Employment and Employee Benefits, Consumer Finance, and Financial Investments.  He specifically supports the law firm’s largest client  throughout the state of Georgia.  He assists clients in both English and Spanish.

From 2007 to 2008, Bobby Armes was the First American Title Insurance Company Sales Executive that was responsible for growing Strategic and Multi-Cultural Markets real estate business and services in our Southeast/Mid-Atlantic Division.  He provided legal, financial, marketing, and management expertise to the company, and he is bilingual English and Spanish.  In this role, he assisted the Sales staff in increasing real estate transaction orders.  Additionally, he identified Title Agency opportunities with Strategic and Multi-Cultural Markets Partner companies and professionals in order to grow these markets through strategic alliances.  He also consulted on branch-level operations and supported marketing efforts for First American in these underserved markets. 

Prior to joining First American Title in 2007, Bobby was the VP, Director Multicultural Markets Southeast Region for Stewart Title Guaranty from 2004-2007.  In that role, he helped identify Joint Ventures, Affiliated Business arrangements, acquisitions, and Title Agencies with Strategic and Multi-Cultural Markets Partner companies and professionals in order to grow order volume through strategic alliances.  He also consulted on branch-level operations and supported marketing efforts nationally and around the region.  Prior to helping Stewart Title create a Multicultural Markets National and Regional initiative, he was a Residential Real Estate Attorney for law firms in Atlanta, GA for 2 years.  He was responsible for conducting closings in both English and Spanish, and for marketing and growing the Hispanic business.  From 2000-2002, Bobby worked as a Residential Real Estate Attorney for 2 large title companies in the Northern Virginia/Washington DC metro area.  In that position, he was also responsible for conducting real estate closings in English and in Spanish, and for growing the Hispanic business.  Bobby is a graduate of Howard Law School in Washington, DC, (1998).

In addition to the legal background, he has a very strong financial background.  Bobby has an MBA in Finance from the University of Scranton, in Scranton, PA (1996).  He was a Financial Consultant from 1991 -- 1994 prior to entering law school (Shearson Lehman Bros., Smith Barney, and Charles Schwab).  During 1999 – 2000, he worked for Ernst & Young as a Senior Consultant in Corporate Finance in Washington DC.  From 1998 – 1999, Bobby worked for Shipman & Goodwin, the second largest corporate law firm in Hartford, Connecticut.  He worked in the Corporate/M&A/Securities Department.  

A graduate of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD (1985), he is currently a Commander in the US Navy Reserves (Inactive).  Bobby served on 2 U.S. Navy ships as a Division Officer (USS Newport LST-1179 and USS Iowa BB-61) from 1985--1990.

Bobby was born in Panama.  His mother is Panamanian, and his father was a career US Navy Master Chief Petty Officer.  His family moved to the US when he was two years old.  His wife is from Caracas, Venezuela.  They have three small children, and reside in Atlanta, GA.

He is a member of the Bar in Georgia, Connecticut, and in Washington, DC. 

His community involvement includes being a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) Chapter in Atlanta, GA; and, previously on the Board of Directors for Partnership for Community Action in Decatur, GA (a non-profit that runs the Head Start programs in Dekalb, Gwinnett, and Rockdale counties).  He is also a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association.  Member of National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB). Member of Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA).