Nicholas Gravante, less than a year after becoming co-head of the Boies Schiller Flexner law firm, has departed for Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft along with three other partners.
Gravante and partners Philip Iovieno, Karen Dyer and Lawrence Brandman join Cadwalader’s destination litigation team, according to the firm. Gravante will be head of the commercial litigation practice.
Gravante’s departure is the latest in a series of setbacks for the firm founded by trial lawyer David Boies, who came under intense fire in recent years for working with convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein and alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
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