Judge Robert E. Gerber
Appointed in 2000
Major cases: Global Crossing Ltd., the telecommunications company, and cable TV operator Adelphia Communications (both filed in 2002)
Experience: Partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, 1970-2000, specializing in securities and commercial litigation and then bankruptcy litigation and counseling.
Education: B.S., Rutgers University, 1967
J.D., Columbia Law School, 1970
Judge Arthur J. Gonzalez
Appointed in 1995
Major cases: Enron, the energy giant (filed in 2001), and WorldCom, the communications operator (filed in 2002)
Experience: U.S. Trustee for New York, Connecticut and Vermont, 1993-1995
Assistant U.S. trustee, Southern District of New York, 1991-1993
Private practice, 1988-1991, with Pollner, Mezan, Stolzberg & Glass and then at Gaston & Snow
Staff attorney, Manhattan District Counsel’s Office of the Internal Revenue Service, 1982-1988
Teacher New York City public schools, 1969-1982
Education: B.S., Fordham University, 1969
M.S., Brooklyn College, 1974
J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 1982
LL.M., New York University School of Law, 1990