Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!
Today’s news that Weil Gotshal is winding down after 95 years has Biglaw reaching for comparisons — and the obvious one is Dewey & LeBoeuf, whose 2012 implosion remains one of the largest law firm collapses in American history. But Dewey’s downfall didn’t end with a bankruptcy filing: prosecutors went on to charge three of the firm’s top leaders with cooking the books to deceive its lenders and auditors. Who are the three executives who ended up as criminal defendants?
Hint: Two of them shared a first name and were known collectively around the firm as “the Steves.” The third kept the books.
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