A bankruptcy judge Tuesday shut down an attempt by a former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP executive to dismiss a lawsuit claiming he owes the defunct firm’s creditors $9.3 million, the Wall Street Journal reported today. Dewey’s bankruptcy trustee in March sued the executive, former Chief Operating Officer Dennis D’Alessandro, seeking the return of more than $9 million in salary, bonuses and other compensation that he received from 2008 until the firm’s 2012 collapse. In filing the suit, Dewey’s trustee, Alan Jacobs, said that the “astronomically generous” contract was atypical for the legal industry and “far above” the value of services he provided as COO. The suit seeks to recover the funds on the grounds that the payments were made while Dewey was unable to meet its other financial obligations.
