Madoff Prosecutor Louis Pellegrino Joins Dentons as Partner (1)

Louis Pellegrino, former lead counsel in the Ponzi scheme case against Bernard Madoff, has joined Dentons after 13 years with the Southern District of New York.

Pellegrino is a partner in commercial litigation at the firm. “The opportunity to have him join the practice at Dentons was one we couldn’t miss,” Doug Henkin, a leader of the financial services sector at the firm, said in a statement.

Pellegrino was responsible for handling all aspects of the Justice Department’s involvement in its case against Madoff, the financier who masterminded the largest Ponzi scheme in history worth nearly $65 billion. He was ...