The frantic efforts of Dewey & LeBoeuf’s leaders to save the struggling firm appear to have reached a dead end, with sources inside and outside the firm familiar with its operations telling Recorder affiliate the The Am Law Daily on Thursday that Dewey is poised to close by May 15 and possibly sooner.

A Dewey spokesman responded to a request for comment with the following statement: “There is no plan to shut the firm down on May 15.”

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