I recently represented Dewey & LeBoeuf’s former chairman Steven Davis at a trial in New York State Supreme Court. This trial was particularly interesting from a defense perspective because, at most criminal trials, the prosecution argues that the defendant committed a crime, but at this trial the issue was whether what the defendants did was a crime at all, says ...

Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC persuaded a jury to acquit Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP’s former chairman of criminal charges following a grueling, four-month trial, then struck a favorable deferred prosecution deal, earning the firm a spot among Law360’s White Collar Practice Groups of the Year for 2015. Law360: acquitted