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1:12-bk-12321

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New York Southern

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  1. June 13, 2012

    $19M Dewey Budget OK'd As It Seeks Deal With Partners

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday granted bankrupt law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's motion for a final cash collateral order, approving a budget of up to $18.8 million to carry the debtor through July 31 as it pursues a settlement with ex-partners.

  2. June 06, 2012

    Banks Cry Foul On Dewey's Move For Cash Collateral

    Fidelity National Capital Inc., Fifth Third Bancorp and a Bank of America NA unit on Wednesday objected to bankrupt Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's request to use its cash collateral, voicing concerns that the firm may have already sold some of the leased property held by the creditors.

  3. June 05, 2012

    Brown Rudnick To Represent Dewey Creditors Committee

    The list of attorneys getting in on the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP bankruptcy proceedings started to take shape Tuesday as a lawyer for Brown Rudnick LLP said he was on deck to represent the fallen firm's unsecured creditors committee.

  4. May 31, 2012

    Dewey Trustee Names Creditors, Ex-Partners Committees

    The U.S. trustee in the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP bankruptcy proceedings on Thursday named both an official creditors' committee and an official committee of former partners days after the debt-ridden firm filed for bankruptcy in one of the largest law firm collapses in U.S. history.

  5. May 29, 2012

    Dewey Atty Optimistic About Bankruptcy's Run

    At Tuesday's first-day hearing for Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, which followed months of speculation and the defection of most of its partners, an attorney for the firm described the events that led to Monday's filing and expressed optimism that the case would go smoothly.

  6. May 29, 2012

    Dewey Faces Tough Battle For Creditor Recovery

    Now that Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP has taken the critical step of filing a Chapter 11 petition, the firm faces the challenge of recovering as much money as possible for creditors in the tricky scenario of a law firm bankruptcy, where the assets are most often the people who have long abandoned ship, experts said.

  7. May 28, 2012

    Dewey & LeBoeuf Files For Bankruptcy

    Following the defection of more than half its partners, debt-ridden Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP filed for bankruptcy Monday night, marking one of the largest law firm collapses in U.S. history.