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.

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.

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 adjuct professor of law at St. John's University School of Law's Bankruptcy in LLM Program.

He has presided over the bankruptcies of:

• RCN Corporation

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• 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:

• Corporacion Durango
• Satellites Mexicanas
• Parmalat
• Varig S.A.
• Yukos
• SphinX
• Galvex Steel

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and has served as the court-appointed mediator in a number of chapter 11 cases.