Ex-McKinsey Partner Who Traded on Goldman Deal Seeks Release (1)

A former McKinsey & Co. partner who pleaded guilty to insider trading on a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. acquisition said conflicts of interest and mistakes by his defense lawyers merit his release from prison.

Puneet Dikshit, who is currently serving a two-year sentence, said in a May 30 Manhattan federal court filing that he received a particularly harsh penalty because his lawyers at the law firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel failed to highlight his immediate remorse over his conduct and earlier efforts to turn himself in.

According to Dikshit, 42, this was partly because the lead prosecutor in ...