Former Dewey leader rethinks pro se plan for retrial, retains new defense lawyer
Urged by the judge in his Manhattan criminal case earlier this month to rethink his plan to proceed pro se at an upcoming retrial, a former Dewey & LeBoeuf leader has done so.
Stephen DiCarmine, once executive director at the failed BigLaw firm, has instead retained new counsel, reports the New York Times (reg. req.). He will be defended at the retrial by Rita Glavin, a former federal prosecutor, rather than his longtime lawyer, Austin Campriello of Bryan Cave.
Glavin, who is a partner of Seward & Kissel, was granted extra time by Supreme Court Justice Robert Stolz to prepare for the trial, which had been expected to begin in September. It is now scheduled to start early next year.
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