Malone was a recognized advocate for the ARM industry and founding managing partner of Malone Frost Martin PLLC.
6/24/2021 9:00
Robbie Malone, an ACA International member active in the Members Attorney Program and Judicial Committee since its inception, died June 23, 2021, at the age of 60.
Malone, of Plano, Texas, started her legal career as a prosecutor for Brazos County in Texas and an assistant attorney general for the State of Texas before moving into private practice. Malone was the founding managing partner of Malone Frost Martin PLLC in Dallas and has spent the last 35 years as a trial attorney, according to her obituary.
Malone received ACA’s Scholar Designation in August 2014 and the Jonathan Elliot Judicial Advocacy Award in July 2019, which recognizes an ACA member who has been an outstanding advocate on behalf of the accounts receivable management industry.
Malone defended and advocated on behalf of many ACA members against frivolous lawsuits from consumer attorneys. Her work, along with Malone Frost Martin partner Xerxes Martin, resulted in obtaining a $2.5 million jury verdict on behalf of two ACA members against the robodispute filers Lexington Law and Progrexion.
In August 2020, Malone contributed to a Collector magazine Q&A article on leadership.
“Never ask someone on your team to do something you aren’t willing to yourself,” she said.
Malone is survived by her husband Stuart Self, brothers Richard (Rick) Malone and Robert (Bo) Malone Jr.
Robbie Malone is pictured at ACA’s Annual Convention & Expo in Denver, which was in the same location as Comic-Con that year. Malone and Mark Colombell brought in characters from Comic-Con to sit on the panel with them for the first part of their presentation.