A defense lawyer for an indicted Dewey & LeBoeuf executive wants Steven Davis — the firm's former chairman — to appear as a witness in his retrial, the New York Law Journal reported yesterday. But whether Davis will testify during retrial is an open question. The request suggests that the retrial may not be so similar to the first trial, which resulted in a hung jury in the criminal case against Davis, Stephen DiCarmine and Joel Sanders. Davis signed a deferred prosecution agreement with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office after the mistrial in October 2015, allowing him to avoid retrial. As part of the agreement, prosecutors have agreed to drop charges against him in five years. But prosecutors are continuing with charges against DiCarmine and Sanders, who are accused of misleading investors and lenders about Dewey's finances before the firm's 2012 bankruptcy. Opening arguments are expected to start next week in their case.
