Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

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Case Number:

1:12-bk-12321

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New York Southern

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  1. July 17, 2013

    Dewey Liquidating Trustee Collects $100M Since March

    The trustee charged with winding down Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's estate brought in $99.6 million in settlements and recoveries since March and resolved more than half of the claims brought by creditors to date, according to a Tuesday court filing.

  2. June 28, 2013

    US Bank Urges Dewey Judge To Allow $8M Equipment Claim

    U.S. Bank NA on Thursday urged a New York bankruptcy judge to allow its $8 million claim for office equipment lease payments against the estate of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP stand, offering to reduce the amount by around $371,000 as required by the lease agreement.

  3. June 20, 2013

    Dewey Judge Signs Off On $17M In Legal Fees

    The ride is finally over for most of the lawyers and other professionals involved in Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's bankruptcy, as a judge signed off Thursday on $16.9 million in fees they racked up since the case began in May 2012.

  4. May 30, 2013

    Dewey Bankruptcy Judge Approves $19.5M Settlement

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved a $19.5 million settlement between Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's liquidation trust, the firm's former chairman and its primary insurer, two weeks after he first declined to rule on the proposal.

  5. May 23, 2013

    Atty Says Dewey Claims Hearing Delay Would Be Abusive

    A former partner of Dewey Ballantine LLP — the predecessor of bankrupt Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP — with a pending claim against the firm for outstanding debt has called a proposed hearing delay abusive and unnecessary.

  6. May 16, 2013

    Dewey Ch. 11 Was Like Hitchcock's 'The Birds,' Atty Says

    When Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP went down in flames less than a year ago, a consensual Chapter 11 plan seemed unthinkable — but some "brutal" work toward pacifying livid partners resulted in the relatively quick conclusion of the most infamous law firm bankruptcy in history, attorneys said Thursday.

  7. May 13, 2013

    Dewey Judge Delays $19M Deal Ruling Over Claims Dispute

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Monday declined to rule on the $19.5 million settlement between Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's liquidation trust, the firm's former chairman and primary insurer following arguments between attorneys over the extent to which the deal bars third-party claims.

  8. May 10, 2013

    Ex-Dewey Execs Say Brown Rudnick Has Ch. 11 Conflict

    Two former leaders of bankrupt law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP asked a New York bankruptcy judge Thursday to stop the liquidating trustee from testifying at a Monday hearing, saying the trustee's counsel, Brown Rudnick LLP, has a conflict of interest in the case.

  9. May 08, 2013

    Dewey Trustee Accuses Ex-CFO Of Holding Up $19M Deal

    Bankrupt Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's liquidating trustee said Wednesday that a bid from two former firm executives to strike his declaration in support of a $19.5 million settlement of mismanagement claims was a "transparent attempt" to hold up approval of the deal.

  10. May 02, 2013

    Dewey Execs Say $20M Settlement Leaves Firm Vulnerable

    Two ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP executives on Thursday objected to a proposed $19.5 million agreement settling existing mismanagement claims, arguing that it would leave the firm's primary insurer with nothing left to defend against possible future claims.