New York employees of beleaguered Dewey & LeBoeuf collected their belongings on May 11 and said goodbye to colleagues on their last day after the firm laid off scores of non-attorney personnel.

Some staffers described the mood in Dewey’s offices as somber and like a “funeral.” Others expressed anger at firm management, blaming them for orchestrating what is shaping up as the largest law firm failure in history.

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