New York – September 11, 2026 -- Zaiger Linden Roberti & Pepe LLC (ZLRP) has hired Hon. Robert E. Gerber, a retired United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York, as Of Counsel, the commercial litigation boutique announced.
Gerber presided over bankruptcy cases with a combined price tag exceeding $1 trillion
Appointed to the bankruptcy bench in 2000 and reappointed in 2014, Judge Gerber handled ten cases involving more than $1 billion in debt each, alongside numerous others exceeding $100 million. His docket included Global Crossing, Adelphia, Ames Department Stores, PSINet, BearingPoint, Lyondell Chemical, and General Motors. He issued roughly 200 published opinions on complex bankruptcy and corporate governance issues before serving on recall status starting in 2015.
New role centers on mediation, arbitration and fiduciary services in insolvency disputes
At ZLRP, Gerber will focus on mediation, arbitration, consulting, and fiduciary services in complex insolvency and corporate governance matters, extending into related litigation. He will be principally based in the firm's Stamford, Connecticut office, though his practice will operate nationally and internationally.
Gerber reunites with former Joseph Hage Aaronson colleagues Pepe and Zaiger
Gerber spent the decade after leaving the bench as Of Counsel at Joseph Hage Aaronson, working alongside ZLRP co-founders Douglas J. Pepe and Jeffrey H. Zaiger and the late Gregory P. Joseph. Pepe said he has known Gerber for 27 years and had "missed having the ability to consult with him on complex bankruptcy issues" since their time together at that firm.
Gerber retains academic and professional credentials in bankruptcy law
Before his judicial appointment, Gerber was a litigation and then bankruptcy partner at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. He continues teaching the Advanced Bankruptcy Seminar as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Law School, a role he has held since 2012, and remains a contributing author to Collier on Bankruptcy and a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. He is admitted to the bars of New York and Connecticut.