Robert Gerber is the United States Bankruptcy Court

United States bankruptcy court

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 Judge from the Southern District of New York, presiding over the General Motors bankruptcy of June 2009. Gerber previously presided over the bankruptcy of Adelphia Communications Corp.

Prior to his appointment in 2000, he was a partner in the New York City law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

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, where he specialized in securities and commercial litigation and, thereafter, bankruptcy litigation and counseling.

Judge Gerber earned a B.S. degree from Rutgers University

Rutgers University

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 in 1967 and a J.D.

Juris Doctor

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 degree from Columbia Law School

Columbia Law School

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in 1970.