Robert Gerber

Who is Robert Gerber?

Robert Gerber is the United States Bankruptcy Court Judge from the Southern District of New York, who presided over the General Motors bankruptcy of June 2009. Gerber previously presided over the bankruptcy of Adelphia Communications Corporation and Ames Department Stores.

In 2012, a trust representing unsecured creditors of "old" GM filed a lawsuit against GM over payments made to hedge funds in 2009 in exchange for waiving of claims against GM's Canadian subsidiary. The deal, of which Gerber says he was unaware - despite its disclosure in an SEC filing on the day GM sought Chapter 11 protection - could prompt a reopening of the 2009 case.

Gerber is currently presiding over the bankruptcy of LyondellBasell. The case has been ongoing since 2009. Though the company emerged from bankruptcy in 2010, claims of fraudulent conveyance by the litigation trust representing unsecured creditors against individual former shareholders, employees, and management of LyondellBasell are still pending as of early 2013. Motions to dismiss these claims were filed before Judge Gerber as early as 2009, but have not been ruled on by the Judge.