Charges are officially dropped against junior manager charged in Dewey case
Prosecutors on Friday dropped charges against a lawyer accused in a scheme to defraud law firm lenders when he worked as a client relations manager at Dewey & LeBoeuf.
Charges were dropped against Zachary Warren after he complied with the terms of a deferred prosecution agreement, report the New York Law Journal (sub. req.) and Bloomberg Big Law Business.
The agreement required Warren to complete 350 hours of community service. He volunteered at a program for at-risk youth called D.C. Scores.
Warren had been charged along with three former Dewey leaders, causing some observers to wonder why prosecutors had charged a lower-level employee. He had left the firm before a private bond offering in which the firm was accused of misrepresenting its finances. A New York Times columnist had suggested that Warren’s mistake may have been his decision to cooperate in a civil investigation without realizing he was a potential criminal target.
Former Dewey chairman Steven Davis also entered into a deferred prosecution agreement. Two other former leaders are awaiting a retrial after jurors in the first trial were unable to reach a verdict.
Warren worked at the firm before he attended law school at Georgetown University. He is currently an associate at Williams & Connolly.
“I am relieved to close this chapter and to continue to focus on my career,” Warren told the New York Law Journal. “As with all experiences in life, I hope that I put this one to good use.”
