Hon. Robert E. Gerber

Judge (Retired) & Of Counsel
Joseph Hage Aaronson

Robert E. Gerber retired from the federal bench in January 2016, having served, for 15 years, as a United States Bankruptcy Judge in the Southern District of New York. During his tenure as a federal bankruptcy judge, he presided over a wide variety of chapter 11, chapter 7, chapter 15, section 304 and SIPA cases-including Ames Department Stores, PSINet, Global Crossing, Adelphia, ABIZ, Basis Yield Alpha Fund, Lyondell Chemical, BearingPoint, DBSD North America, Chemtura, Pinnacle Airlines, Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt and General Motors. Of these cases, more than 20 had over $100 million in debt, including 10 with over $1 billion in debt. He was named as one of the nation’s outstanding bankruptcy judges six times.

In February 2016, he became Of Counsel to the law firm of Joseph Hage Aaronson. He now offers services in bankruptcy and commercial expert testimony, fiduciary work, arbitration, mediation, and consulting. He is also is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Columbia Law School (where he teaches Columbia’s Advanced Bankruptcy Seminar); a contributing author to Collier on Bankruptcy; and a Fellow (and former director) of the American College of Bankruptcy.