It’s been two and a half months since opening statements were delivered in the criminal trial of three of Dewey & LeBoeuf’’s top managers for fraud and the prosecutors’ case is winding down: All seven cooperating witnesses have now testified or started testifying.
Since late May, a wide variety of witnesses — from former top partners and top personnel to members of the collection department — have appeared in the downtown courthouse, providing a strange variety of details about the inner machinations of what was once a global law firm with more than $1 billion in revenue.
From anecdotes about celebrations in the city’s best ...