A former lower-level Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP employee charged in a financial fraud case alongside leaders of the defunct law firm has struck a deal with prosecutors to have the case against him dropped in a year, the Wall Street Journal reported today. Former Dewey client relations manager Zachary Warren had been scheduled to go to trial in March. A prosecutor with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office told a judge yesterday that under a deferred prosecution agreement, Warren would no longer face criminal charges if he completes 350 hours of community service. Assistant District Attorney Peirce Moser said in court that prosecutors plan to focus their attention on a retrial slated for September against two of Dewey’s former executives, ex-chief financial officer Joel Sanders and former executive director Stephen DiCarmine. Sanders and DiCarmine have pleaded not guilty and have maintained their innocence.
