Defense lawyers for three former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP leaders accused of committing financial fraud failed get the case tossed out Tuesday, as a judge ruled there was enough evidence to send the matter to a jury for deliberation, the Wall Street Journal reported. New York state court Judge Robert Stolz did reserve the right to dismiss some of the 100 counts against the trio — Dewey’s former chairman, Steven Davis, ex-chief financial officer, Joel Sanders, and former executive director, Stephen DiCarmine — before sending it to the jury. Assistant District Attorney Steve Pilnyak argued in court on Tuesday that prosecutors have laid out enough evidence over 3 months, through 41 witnesses, to prove the ex-Dewey leaders oversaw a scheme to manipulate the fallen law firm’s books in the years leading up to its 2012 bankruptcy.
