Stephen C. Robinson

Stephen Craig Robinson

Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
In office September 22, 2003 – August 11, 2010
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	John S. Martin, Jr.
Succeeded by	Edgardo Ramos
United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut
In office 1998–2001
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Christopher F. Droney
Succeeded by	Kevin J. O'Connor
Personal details
Born	Stephen Craig Robinson 1957 (age 59–60) Brooklyn, New York
Education	Cornell University B.A. Cornell Law School J.D.

Stephen Craig Robinson (born 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.

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

Robinson was in private practice in New York City from 1984 to 1987 before becoming an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York in 1987. In 1991, he was managing director & associate general counsel for Kroll Associates before moving to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1993 where he was principal deputy general counsel & special assistant to the director. In 1995, he became counsel & chief compliance officer for Aetna U.S. Healthcare in Middletown, Connecticut. Appointed United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut in 1998, he served until 2001 after which he was interim manager of Empower New Haven.

Robinson was nominated by President George W. Bush on March 5, 2003, to a seat vacated by John S. Martin, Jr. on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 17, 2003, and received commission on September 22, 2003. Robinson, a Democrat, had been recommended to the post by New York Senator Charles Schumer.