The number of employees left working on the winding down of Dewey & LeBoeuf‘s operations dwindles by the day, and the bankrupt law firm’s own counsel doesn’t blame them.

“There’s no future in working for Dewey & LeBoeuf,” Albert Togut, Dewey’s lead lawyer, said at a hearing in Manhattan bankruptcy court Wednesday afternoon. “There is every reason for the people remaining to leave. The only reason for them to stay is this application.”