Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

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1:12-bk-12321

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New York Southern

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  1. January 06, 2015

    Ex-Dewey COO Strikes Deal To Dodge $9.3M Clawback Suit

    The trustee of the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP liquidation trust and the defunct firm's former chief operating officer, Dennis D'Alessandro, agreed on Monday to mutually dismiss a $9.3 million clawback suit accusing D'Alessandro of illicitly pocketing millions of dollars even as Dewey was balance-sheet insolvent.

  2. December 22, 2014

    Ex-Dewey Atty Can't Hide In Germany From Trustee's Suit

    A Germany-based energy attorney formerly with Dewey & Leboeuf LLP failed to escape $404,000 worth of clawback claims from the defunct firm's liquidating trustee Monday when a New York bankruptcy judge declined to dismiss the litigation on jurisdictional grounds.

  3. November 26, 2014

    Ex-Dewey Atty Facing $13M Clawback Suit Files For Ch. 7

    Former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP partner Joseph Altorelli on Tuesday filed for personal Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, as the attorney continues to fight a $13 million adversary complaint brought by the defunct firm's trustee.

  4. November 13, 2014

    Former Dewey Partners Seek Appeal Of Clawback Ruling

    Three former partners of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, including former RNC Chair Michael Steele, are demanding an immediate appeal of a bankruptcy judge's ruling that their separation payouts are on the table in a $16 million clawback suit by the failed firm's trustee.

  5. November 10, 2014

    Ex-GOP Leader Says He Wasn't A True Dewey Partner

    An attorney for former Republican National Committee Chairman and onetime Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP attorney Michael Steele on Monday told a Manhattan bankruptcy judge that Steele was a "celebrity hire" and should not be the target of clawback litigation by the Dewey trustee. 

  6. October 29, 2014

    CORRECTED: Ex-Dewey Attys Can't Shake $16M Clawback Claims

    A New York bankruptcy judge issued an opinion Wednesday that let the Dewey & Leboeuf LLP trustee proceed with $16 million clawback litigation connected to payments a group of former partners received when the doomed firm was allegedly insolvent. (An earlier story misstated the amount of the trustee's claims. The error has been corrected.)

  7. October 02, 2014

    Dewey Partners Say Clawback Fight Could Chill Lateral Moves

    Attorneys for a group of former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP partners sparred with the defunct firm's liquidating trustee Thursday over multimillion-dollar clawback litigation, arguing that sustaining the claims would dampen lateral mobility across the legal industry.

  8. September 12, 2014

    Dewey Trustee Hits Vodka Co. With $2.45M Clawback Suit

    The secured lender trustee for Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP hit former Dewey client Central European Distribution Corp. with a lawsuit in New York bankruptcy court on Friday, seeking almost $2.5 million in invoiced fees and expenses that the defendant has refused to pay.

  9. September 03, 2014

    Ex-Dewey Exec Denies 'Insider' Role In $9.3M Clawback Suit

    An attorney for Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's former chief operating officer sparred with the Dewey liquidating trustee in bankruptcy court on Wednesday over a clawback suit seeking the return of $9.3 million in compensation, which hinges on whether the defendant was deep enough inside the firm to qualify as an "insider."

  10. August 27, 2014

    Dewey Trustee Seeks $84K in Two Clawback Suits

    The secured-lender trustee for Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP on Tueday sued two companies over $84,000 worth of legal fees that they allegedly still owe the now-defunct firm for services rendered.