Christine Simmons
Christine Simmons writes about the New York legal community and the business of law. Email her at [email protected] and find her on Twitter @chlsimmons
October 19, 2015 | The American Lawyer
Marathon Dewey Deliberations End in MistrialThe criminal trial that has riveted the legal community since May finally came to an end on Monday, when a Manhattan judge accepted the jury's surrender.
By Nell Gluckman and Christine Simmons
7 minute read
October 19, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Dewey Jurors End 20th Day With Request for TestimonyA month after jury deliberations began in the case against three Dewey & LeBoeuf executives, jurors left court Friday without a complete verdict. But deliberations appeared to have been revived with the jury's request to hear testimony from four witnesses.
By Christine Simmons
4 minute read
October 16, 2015 | The American Lawyer
Dewey Jury Slogs Ahead as Deliberations Enter Second MonthThought there'd be a Dewey & LeBoeuf verdict by now, or at least a mistrial? Not so fast.
By Nell Gluckman and Christine Simmons
4 minute read
October 15, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Dewey Jury Deliberations Reach Record for State Criminal CasesAmid speculation of a potential mistrial after two jury notes indicating indecision and deadlock, the jury in the trial against three Dewey & LeBoeuf executives sought to work through gridlock Wednesday.
By Christine Simmons
3 minute read
October 14, 2015 | Law.com
Dewey Mistrial Looms as Jury Fights DeadlockJurors in the Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal trial stuck it out for one more day of deliberations on Wednesday, even as the months-long trial threatened to end in a mistrial.
By Christine Simmons
3 minute read
October 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal
More Acquittals, But Dewey Jury Remains DeadlockedThe jury deliberating in the trial of the leaders of failed law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf threw out more falsifying business records counts against the former executives but remained deadlocked on a majority of the charges.
By Nell Gluckman and Christine Simmons
5 minute read
October 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Former Graubard Miller Partner Sues Firm Over Fee DistributionA former Graubard Miller partner has sued the 20-attorney firm, claiming it was unfair to him in its distribution of a $72 million contingency fee and forced him to "sign away his rights" as a condition of getting paid.
By Christine Simmons
5 minute read
October 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal
More Acquittals, But Dewey Jury Remains DeadlockedThe jury deliberating in the trial of the leaders of failed law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf threw out more falsifying business records counts against the former executives but remained deadlocked on a majority of the charges.
By Nell Gluckman and Christine Simmons
5 minute read
October 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Lifetime Achievement: Kathleen SullivanKathleen Sullivan served 28 years on the faculty of two prestigious law schools and became a groundbreaking dean of one. But her career in law shifted in 2004, when the founders of a budding litigation boutique asked her to establish the firm's appellate practice, telling her it was "a new mountaintop to climb."
By Christine Simmons
5 minute read
October 13, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Lifetime Achievement: Kathleen SullivanKathleen Sullivan served 28 years on the faculty of two prestigious law schools and became a groundbreaking dean of one. But her career in law shifted in 2004, when the founders of a budding litigation boutique asked her to establish the firm's appellate practice, telling her it was "a new mountaintop to climb."
By Christine Simmons
5 minute read
