Education
Yale University; Columbia Law School.
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Robert Drain
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Drain received a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude with honors in 1979 from Yale University and Juris Doctor in 1984 from Columbia University School of Law where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar for three years. He was a partner in the bankrutpcy department of the New York firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison when he was appointed to be judge in 2002. He is also an adjuct professor of law at Saint John"s University School of Law"s Bankruptcy in Master of Laws Program.
He has presided over the bankruptcies of:
RCN Corporation
Loral
Cornerstone
Refco
Allegiance Telecom
Delphi Automotive
Coudert Brothers
Frontier Airlines
Star Tribune
Hostess Brands
Reader"s Digest A&P
In addition he has presided over the ancillary or plenary cases involving foreign companies with United States connections:
Corporacion Durango
Satellites Mexicanas
Parmalat
Varig South America
Yukos
SphinX
Galvex Steel
Turner Broadcasting System Shipping Excel Shipping
and has served as the court-appointed mediator in a number of chapter 11 cases.
