Judge Robert Drain, who retired from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York last year, is joining Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as of counsel, the law firm said Thursday, Reuters reported. Drain, who oversaw the bankruptcy of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and approved controversial legal protections for the Sackler family members that owned the company, will be part of the firm's corporate restructuring group in New York. In his 20 years on the bench in White Plains, New York, Drain oversaw chapter 11 bankruptcies of Sears Holdings Corp., Hostess Brands Inc., Windstream Holdings Inc., Frontier Airlines, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Reader's Digest. Judge Drain was a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison before joining the bench in 2002.
