Robert D. Drain

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.

[1] He retired from the court in June 2022[2] and joined the Corporate Restructuring Group at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

[3][4] He has presided over the bankruptcies of:[1] In addition he has presided over the ancillary or plenary cases involving foreign companies with United States connections, including Parmalat, Varig S.A., and Yukos.