Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

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Case Number:

1:12-bk-12321

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New York Southern

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February 03, 2017
Dewey Lied About Docs Over $8M Tax Bill, Ex-Client Says

A former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP client who lost multiple malpractice cases against the firm has demanded in New York bankruptcy court the return of his client records to support his defense against an $8 million tax bill, while the firm's trust disputed allegations that it misled him about the documents' existence.
January 30, 2017
Dewey Trustee Relents On Bid To Destroy Records

The liquidation trust for bankrupt megafirm Dewey & LeBoeuf told a New York bankruptcy judge on Monday that it had reached détente with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York County District Attorney over its proposal to destroy all Dewey records as part of a motion to close the Chapter 11 case.
January 11, 2017
SEC, NY DA Fight Dewey Trustee's Bid To Destroy Records

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York District Attorney's Office asked a bankruptcy judge in separate filings on Wednesday to block the liquidating trustee in the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP bankruptcy from disposing of documents needed in civil and criminal lawsuits against officers and employees of the defunct law firm.
March 25, 2016
Dewey Trustee Settles Zamir Equities Real Estate Fee Row

The secured lender trustee for Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP inked a proposed deal with Zamir Equities LLC on Thursday over legal fees the Manhattan real estate company purportedly failed to pay for Dewey's work on financing for a Wall Street condominium building.
July 23, 2015
Dewey Trustee's Suit Over Unpaid Legal Work Gets Trimmed

A New York bankruptcy judge narrowed a lawsuit Thursday brought by Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's secured lender trustee over legal work that private equity house LCN Capital Partners LLC allegedly failed to pay for before the megafirm collapsed in 2012.
June 24, 2015
Dewey Trustee Resolves $13M Clawback With Ex-Partner

The trustee for defunct megafirm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP has agreed to resolve a $13 million clawback suit against former partner Joseph Altorelli, a move that will allow both parties to move on but likely won't result in any additional recoveries for the Dewey estate, Altorelli's attorney said on Wednesday.
May 27, 2015
As Dewey Trial Gets Going, Liquidation Winds Down

With the criminal trial against Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's former leadership now underway, the defunct megafirm indicated Tuesday that it has resolved most of the $1.2 billion in claims asserted against it, as one of the largest law firm bankruptcies in U.S. history marches toward its eventual conclusion.
April 09, 2015
Ex-Dewey Partners Strike Records Deal Over $45M Rent Fight

The judge presiding over the wind-down of Dewey & Leboeuf LLP on Thursday brokered a compromise allowing ex-partners being sued for $45 million in office rent to request potentially exculpatory financial records before their destruction by the law firm's bankruptcy trustee.
April 03, 2015
Ex-Dewey Partners Urge Preservation Of Trustee Docs

A group of former Dewey Ballantine LLP partners named in a lawsuit over unpaid office rent from the defunct Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP urged a federal bankruptcy judge to deny the trustee's request to destroy firm records.
January 30, 2015
Dewey Trustee Seeks Legal Fees From NY Asset Manager

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's secured-lender bankruptcy trustee sued an asset management company in New York on Thursday over legal fees allegedly still owed to the now-defunct firm, the latest in a string of clawback suits seeking outstanding fees.

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