In hindsight, New York prosecutors could have done more to avoid a mistrial in the criminal case against three former Dewey & LeBoeuf leaders, said several defense lawyers who closely followed the case.
Speaking with The American Lawyer after a mistrial was declared Monday, veteran defense lawyers, including four former prosecutors, pointed to three main strategic missteps: the number of charges, the length of the prosecution’s case and the absence of any testimony by an accounting expert. Their observations, which many also offered earlier in the five-month trial, have been corroborated by jurors interviewed after Acting New York County Supreme Court Justice Robert Stolz declared a mistrial.
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