Grace E. Robson

Hon. Grace E. Robson is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Florida in Orlando. She previously was a partner with Markowitz Ringel Trusty & Hartog, P.A. Prior to taking the bench, she practiced for more than 25 years in the area of corporate reorganization and bankruptcy, debtor/creditor relations and bankruptcy litigation. Judge Robson has represented corporate debtors, trade and institutional creditors, trustees, receivers and creditors’ committees. She has been involved in all facets of reorganization-related representations, including pre-filing consultation, filing complex corporate bankruptcy cases, post-bankruptcy financing, asset-purchase agreements and other routine matters. Judge Robson is Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law and currently serves as judicial chair of the Health and Wellness Task Force of the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar, as well as co-chair of the Secured Creditors Subcommittee of the Business Law Section, Business Bankruptcy Committee of the ABA (having previously served as a co-chair of the Pro Bono Services Subcommittee). Prior to relocating to the Middle District of Florida, she served on the board of directors of the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida and was the Broward Chair of the Pro Bono Committee, the Broward chair of the CARE Program Committee, and chair of the Wellness Committee. Judge Robson received her B.A. cum laude from the State University of New York at Albany in 1994 and her J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1997.