Silver linings aren’t abundant in the break-up of Dewey & LeBoeuf, the law firm that put more than 1,000 people on the street by the time it filed for bankruptcy in May 2012, but a recent research paper by a Yale Law School student has found a few.

For lawyers, at least, the experience didn’t appear to taint their careers. Associates who worked at Dewey in 2012 had the same odds of becoming a Big Law partner by 2022 compared to associates at peer firms with comparable partner profits, while former Dewey partners had the same odds of remaining partners at Am Law 100 firms as their peers as well.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]