SAN FRANCISCO—Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP leadership engaged in a Ponzi scheme and used fraud and deceit to keep attorneys and entice lawyers to join the firm, a former partner alleged in a June 12 California Superior Court lawsuit (Bunsow v. Davis, Cal. Super. Ct., No. CGC-12-521540).
Henry Bunsow, an intellectual property attorney formerly with the San Francisco office, contends he was recruited to join Dewey without being told true performance figures.
The defendants “concocted and participated in a conspiracy intended to misrepresent the financial performance of Dewey,” including making false statements to the public and American Lawyer, which ...
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