Robert D. Drain
Robert D. Drain (born c. 1957) is a United States bankruptcy judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York who has presided at several high profile corporate bankruptcies.
Early life
Drain received a B.A. degree cum laude with honors in 1979 from Yale University and J.D. in 1984 from Columbia University School of Law where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar for three years.[1]
He was a partner in the bankruptcy department of the New York firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison when he was appointed to be judge in 2002. He is also an adjunct professor of law at St. John's University School of Law's Bankruptcy in LLM Program.[1]
Notable cases
He has presided over the bankruptcies of:[1]
Loral
- Cornerstone
- Refco
- Allegiance Telecom
- Delphi Automotive
- Coudert Brothers
- Frontier Airlines
- Star Tribune
- Hostess Brands
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In addition he has presided over the ancillary or plenary cases involving foreign companies with United States connections:[1]
- Corporacion Durango
- Satellites Mexicanas
- Parmalat
- Varig S.A.
- Yukos
- SphinX
- Galvex Steel
TBS Shipping Excel Shipping
and has served as the court-appointed mediator in a number of chapter 11 cases.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Judge Robert D. Drain Profile". Nysb.uscourts.gov. 2005-06-20. Archived from the original on 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2012-11-21.