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Robert D. Drain

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Robert D. Drain
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Prior offices:
United States Bankruptcy Court Southern District of New York
Years in office: 2002 - 2022
Education
Bachelor's
Yale University, 1979
Law
Columbia University School of Law, 1984


Robert D. Drain was abankruptcy judge for theUnited States bankruptcy court, Southern District of New York. He was appointed on May 24, 2002, and retired from the court on June 30, 2022.[1][2][3]

Education

Judge Drain earned his bachelor's degree,cum laude, from Yale University in 1979 and hisJ.D. in 1984 from the Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar for three years.[1]

Career

Drain was a partner in the Bankruptcy Department of the New York law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, where he represented debtors, trustees, secured and unsecured creditors, official and unofficial creditors committees, and buyers of distressed businesses and distressed debt in chapter 11 cases, out-of-court restructurings and bankruptcy-related litigation. He also was actively involved in several transnational insolvency matters.[1]

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