Zachary Warren, the 29-year-old former client relations manager at Dewey & LeBoeuf who was indicted alongside three of the firm’s top leaders, is seeking to separate his case from the others, arguing there is an unacceptable risk of “guilt by association” at trial.
“The massive trial envisioned by the People is one in which literally scores of witnesses will testify who never met Mr. Warren, never corresponded with him and may not even remember his brief tenure at the firm,” his attorneys said in court papers filed Tuesday. “The People’s case promises to drag on for months, while counsel for Mr. Warren await the opportunity to cross-examine the handful of witnesses who actually worked with, and remember, him.”
