Hon. Robert A. Mark

Hon. Robert A. Mark is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Florida in Miami, appointed in 1990, and he served as Chief Judge from 1999-2006. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Mark was head of the bankruptcy department of the Miami firm of Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA. He is a frequent speaker at international programs sponsored by INSOL, III, IWIRC and ABI, and he has served for several years as the co-judicial chair of the ABI?s Caribbean Insolvency Symposium. Judge Mark is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and an author for Collier on Bankruptcy. His community activities include participation in a program that offers internships to minority law students, and participation in financial education programs for high school students through the Bankruptcy Bar Association?s CARE program, which teaches students about the dangers of credit card abuse. Judge Mark is a graduate of Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley.