الاثنين، 28 مايو 2012

News Alert: Dewey & LeBoeuf, New York Law Firm, Files for Bankruptcy

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Monday, May 28, 2012 -- 10:27 PM EDT
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Dewey & LeBoeuf, New York Law Firm, Files for Bankruptcy

Dewey & LeBoeuf, the New York law firm crippled by financial miscues and partner defections, filed for bankruptcy on Sunday night, punctuating the largest law firm collapse in United States history.

The filing, made in Federal Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, marks the final chapter in a turbulent period for the New York-based Dewey, which unraveled after disappointing profits and prodigious debt forced it to slash partners' salaries. The partners, already owed millions of dollars from prior years, grew concerned over the firm's finances and their ability to get paid. A partner exodus destroyed the firm.

"This is a very sad day for the legal profession," said Richard J. Holwell, a former federal judge in Manhattan now in private practice. "Dewey is a fabled firm with a lot of great lawyers and a demise of this magnitude is unprecedented."

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