Three erstwhile Dewey & LeBoeuf leaders sued by a former partner for allegedly lying about the firm’s financial situation 18 months before its demise want to move the lawsuit from California state court to federal bankruptcy court and insist Dewey should be the defendant in the case.

Patent litigator Henry Bunsow sued Dewey’s former chairman Steven Davis, CFO Joel Sanders, executive director Stephen DiCarmine, and partners Jeffrey Kessler and James Woods on June 12 over their roles in recruiting Bunsow in January 2011 from the soon-to-dissolve Howrey.

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