Stephen C. Robinson

Stephen Craig Robinson (born January 25, 1957) is a former United States district judge who served on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from 2003 to 2010.

Early life and education Robinson was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was raised in a housing project in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford–Stuyvesant. Robinson graduated from John Dewey High School in 1975, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University in 1979 and a Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School in 1984.

On June 25, 2010, The American Lawyer reported that Robinson would be leaving the bench and joining the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as a partner in Skadden's litigation department. He resigned from the bench on August 11, 2010.