Challenging the request of Zachary Warren, the former client relations manager at Dewey & LeBoeuf, to sever his case from co-defendants, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office claims Warren was “a willing foot soldier” motivated by a large bonus who helped the firm’s senior management to implement a fraudulent scheme that led to the firm’s demise.
Warren filed a severance motion to be tried separately from former Dewey leaders Steven Davis, Stephen DiCarmine and Joel Sanders. All four have pleaded not guilty. Warren argued there is a risk of “guilt by association” at trial and said he never expected to face criminal charges resulting from his two-year post-college stint at Dewey.
