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Sara Randazzo

Sara Randazzo

February 13, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Litigator Diane Sullivan Bolts Dechert for Weil

Veteran trial lawyer Diane Sullivan has taken her practice from Dechert to Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York, joining the firm Monday along with fellow litigator Kathleen O'Connor.

By Sara Randazzo and Zack Needles

7 minute read

August 24, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Pro Bono 2012: Dewey's Former Pro Bono Clients Feel Strain of Firm's Closure

Several organizations with longtime ties to Dewey & LeBoeuf, including the Harlem Children's Zone Asthma Initiative and South Brooklyn Legal Services, have been forced to cut back on the services they provide clients now that they don't have the assistance of Dewey lawyers. Many of Dewey's ongoing pro bono litigation matters, meanwhile, have shifted smoothly to the firms where lawyers from the defunct firm landed.

By Sara Randazzo

7 minute read

November 21, 2012 | The American Lawyer

With Bankruptcy Plan Imminent, Dewey Estate Continues Fight with Retired Partners

Dewey & LeBoeuf's Chapter 11 advisers used a Wednesday hearing in the case to continue their push to disband an official committee of former firm partners seeking to upend a key element of Dewey's formal bankruptcy plan, which the defunct firm's lawyers said they plan to file in time for Thanksgiving.

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read

October 16, 2012 | The Recorder

Dewey's New York Lease Could Haunt Former Partners

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read

May 21, 2012 | Law.com

Howrey Bankruptcy Claims Another Victim: Former Partner's "Dream" Home

Michael Lee, a U.S. senator from Utah and former Howrey partner elected to office as the firm began to collapse, says his inability to retrieve his capital contributions forced him to sell off his million-dollar house and move into a rental with his wife and three children.

By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read

April 19, 2012 | The American Lawyer

As Partner Losses Near 70, Dewey's Troubles Spread Overseas

As the Dubai office packs up for Dechert and another New York partner leaves, attorneys in Dewey & LeBoeuf's Italy, Poland, and Russia offices attempt to combat rumors that they are also on the way out. Amid the swirl of problems, meanwhile, Dewey lawyers in the U.S. are still landing work?and even engaging in some political fund-raising.

By Sara Randazzo

9 minute read

January 25, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Former Stroock Partner Must Take Retirement Claim to Arbitration

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read

August 09, 2012 | Law.com

As Retirees Push for Trustee, Dewey Advisers Try New Bait to Woo Partners to Settlement Plan

A day after a group of retired LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae partners asked that a trustee or examiner be named to oversee the Dewey & LeBoeuf bankruptcy, the defunct firm's advisers on Thursday offered up several modest incentives in their latest bid to win support for a $90.4 million settlement proposal designed, in part, to keep an outsider from taking control of the case.

By Sara Randazzo

6 minute read

May 16, 2013 | Law.com

Judge Vacates Ropes Client's Double Murder Conviction

After a dozen years spent trying to clear the name of a man imprisoned for more than three decades, Ropes & Gray counsel Ryan Malone got a phone call he says he will never forget.

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read

February 12, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Judge Rules Ex-Dewey Staffers' Suit Against Defunct Firm Can Proceed

The Dewey & LeBoeuf estate has failed in its effort to squelch a proposed class action that claims the firm gave 550 employees inadequate notice before terminating them weeks before filing for Chapter 11 protection last May.

By Sara Randazzo

3 minute read