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href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of offices</th><td class="infobox-data">12 before merger</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of attorneys</th><td class="infobox-data">approximately 500 before merger</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Major practice areas</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Corporate_law" title="Corporate law">corporate law</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1909<span class="noprint">; 115 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1909</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Grenville_Clark" title="Grenville Clark">Grenville Clark</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Francis W. Bird<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Elihu Root, Jr.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dissolved</th><td class="infobox-data">2007<span class="noprint">; 17 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">2007</span>)</span> — merged with <a href="/wiki/LeBoeuf,_Lamb,_Greene_%26_MacRae" title="LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae">LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae</a> to become <a href="/wiki/Dewey_%26_LeBoeuf" title="Dewey & LeBoeuf">Dewey & LeBoeuf</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Dewey Ballantine LLP</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Corporate_law" title="Corporate law">corporate law</a> firm headquartered in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. In 2007, Dewey Ballantine merged with <a href="/wiki/LeBoeuf,_Lamb,_Greene_%26_MacRae" title="LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae">LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae</a> to form <a href="/wiki/Dewey_%26_LeBoeuf" title="Dewey & LeBoeuf">Dewey & LeBoeuf</a>. Dewey Ballantine underwent numerous name changes throughout its history as partners left to serve in government positions or form new firms. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dewey_Ballantine&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding">Founding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dewey_Ballantine&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Founding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1909, three recent <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School">Harvard Law School</a> graduates created a law partnership on <a href="/wiki/Wall_Street" title="Wall Street">Wall Street</a>. The founding partners were Francis W. Bird, <a href="/wiki/Grenville_Clark" title="Grenville Clark">Grenville Clark</a>, and Elihu Root Jr., and named the firm Root, Clark & Bird. The firm took advantages of Root's connections through his father, <a href="/wiki/Elihu_Root" title="Elihu Root">Elihu Root</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/US_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="US Senate">Senator</a> and <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a>. This gave them entry to high financial circles, establishing a thriving law practice. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Name_changes">Name changes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dewey_Ballantine&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Name changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1913, the firm merged with the firm of Buckner & Howland (recently founded by <a href="/wiki/Emory_Buckner" title="Emory Buckner">Emory Buckner</a>) to form Root, Clark, Buckner & Howland. </p><p>In 1919, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_A._Ballantine" title="Arthur A. Ballantine">Arthur A. Ballantine</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" title="Internal Revenue Service">Internal Revenue Service</a>'s first solicitor, joined the firm. He and Emory Buckner ran the firm throughout 1920s and 1930s. During the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression_in_the_United_States" title="Great Depression in the United States">Great Depression</a>, the firm flourished by moving away from its traditional focus on <a href="/wiki/Litigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Litigation">litigation</a> and to begin focusing on <a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy" title="Bankruptcy">bankruptcy</a> and reorganizations, and then by taking advantage of the <a href="/wiki/New_Deal" title="New Deal">New Deal</a> to build a thriving <a href="/wiki/Regulation" title="Regulation">regulatory</a> practice. </p><p>The firm also built up a <a href="/wiki/Corporate_law" title="Corporate law">corporate</a> practice, serving clients such as <a href="/wiki/AT%26T" title="AT&T">AT&T</a> and <a href="/wiki/Standard_Oil" title="Standard Oil">Standard Oil</a>. Overall, the firm expanded from 8 to 74 associates and opened a second office in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> Both <a href="/wiki/Henry_Friendly" title="Henry Friendly">Henry Friendly</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Marshall_Harlan_II" title="John Marshall Harlan II">John Marshall Harlan II</a> worked at the firm during this period. </p><p>The firm weathered many name changes from its founding through 1955, as named partners left the firm for periods of time to serve in a number of important government positions. Among them was <a href="/wiki/Emory_Buckner" title="Emory Buckner">Emory Buckner</a>, who left to become United States Attorney for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York" title="United States District Court for the Southern District of New York">Southern District of New York</a> and is often credited with remaking that office into a professional prosecutorial office by declining to appoint Assistants based on party affiliation. Partner <a href="/wiki/Grenville_Clark" title="Grenville Clark">Grenville Clark</a> served as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postmaster_General" title="United States Postmaster General">United States Postmaster General</a>. Later generations of partners included <a href="/wiki/John_Marshall_Harlan_II" title="John Marshall Harlan II">John Marshall Harlan II</a>, who left the firm when appointed to serve as a Judge of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and who later became an Associate Justice of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Supreme Court">United States Supreme Court</a>; <a href="/wiki/Henry_J._Friendly" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry J. Friendly">Henry J. Friendly</a>, who left with several partners to form the firm of Cleary, Friendly, Gottlieb & Steen (now <a href="/wiki/Cleary_Gottlieb_Steen_%26_Hamilton_LLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP">Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP</a>) and later was appointed to serve on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. </p><p>In 1955, Governor <a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Dewey" title="Thomas E. Dewey">Thomas E. Dewey</a> joined the firm as a partner after leaving office and the firm, then called Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood, became Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood. It shortened the name to Dewey Ballantine in 1990 and later adopted the <a href="/wiki/Limited_liability_partnership" title="Limited liability partnership">limited liability partnership</a> form, becoming Dewey Ballantine LLP. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_years">Final years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dewey_Ballantine&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Final years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Calyon_Building_Dewey_Ballantine_by_David_Shankbone.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Calyon_Building_Dewey_Ballantine_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/220px-Calyon_Building_Dewey_Ballantine_by_David_Shankbone.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Calyon_Building_Dewey_Ballantine_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/330px-Calyon_Building_Dewey_Ballantine_by_David_Shankbone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Calyon_Building_Dewey_Ballantine_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/440px-Calyon_Building_Dewey_Ballantine_by_David_Shankbone.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>Dewey Ballantine's principal office at the <a href="/wiki/Calyon_Building" class="mw-redirect" title="Calyon Building">Calyon Building</a>, New York City.</figcaption></figure> <p>On October 25, 2006, the firm announced that it would merge with the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>-based, <a href="/wiki/Orrick,_Herrington_%26_Sutcliffe" title="Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe">Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe</a>. With over 1,500 attorneys, the combined firm would have been among the 10 largest firms in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two firms were not able to successfully negotiate the merger and it was called off in January 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At about that time, Dewey Ballantine had approximately 500 attorneys in 12 offices around the world. </p><p>On October 1, 2007, Dewey Ballantine merged with <a href="/wiki/LeBoeuf,_Lamb,_Greene_%26_MacRae" title="LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae">LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae</a> to form the combined firm of <a href="/wiki/Dewey_%26_LeBoeuf_LLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP">Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP</a>. The combined firm had over 1,400 attorneys in 27 offices around the world. The headquarters for the newly merged Dewey & LeBoeuf was placed in the legacy Dewey Ballantine offices in the <a href="/wiki/Calyon_Building" class="mw-redirect" title="Calyon Building">Calyon Building</a> in <a href="/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Midtown Manhattan</a>. The successor firm, Dewey & LeBoeuf, collapsed in May 2012 due to debt resulting from a poor partner recruiting and compensation strategy, which led to and was exacerbated by a talent exodus.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_alumni">Notable alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dewey_Ballantine&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Dewey" title="Thomas E. Dewey">Thomas E. Dewey</a>, noted prosecutor, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of New York">Governor of New York</a> (1943–1954) and twice <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> candidate for the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">U.S. Presidency</a> (<a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election" title="1944 United States presidential election">1944</a> and <a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election" title="1948 United States presidential election">1948</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elihu_Root" title="Elihu Root">Elihu Root</a>, noted American lawyer and statesman, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War" title="United States Secretary of War">United States Secretary of War</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Attorney_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York</a> and recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize">Nobel Peace Prize</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emory_Buckner" title="Emory Buckner">Emory Buckner</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Attorney_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York</a> and one of the architects of the modern <a href="/wiki/Wall_Street" title="Wall Street">Wall Street</a> legal culture</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Marshall_Harlan_II" title="John Marshall Harlan II">John Marshall Harlan II</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Supreme Court Justice">U.S. Supreme Court Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Friendly" title="Henry Friendly">Henry Friendly</a>, Chief Judge, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit</a> and recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_A._Califano_Jr." title="Joseph A. Califano Jr.">Joseph A. Califano Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_Health,_Education,_and_Welfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare">Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare</a>, <a href="/wiki/General_counsel" title="General counsel">general counsel</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> and Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Center_on_Addiction_and_Substance_Abuse" class="mw-redirect" title="Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse">Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse</a> at <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Brownell_Jr." title="Herbert Brownell Jr.">Herbert Brownell Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of the United States">Attorney General of the United States</a> under President <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Owen_(judge)" title="Richard Owen (judge)">Richard Owen</a>, U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of New York</li> <li>George E. Cleary, Leo Gottlieb and Melvin C. Steen, founding partners of <a href="/wiki/Cleary_Gottlieb_Steen_%26_Hamilton" title="Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton">Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton</a></li> <li>Marshall Skadden, Leslie Arps and <a href="/wiki/John_Slate" title="John Slate">John Slate</a>, founding partners of <a href="/wiki/Skadden,_Arps,_Slate,_Meagher_%26_Flom" title="Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom">Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom</a></li> <li>Francis T. P. Plimpton, founding partner of <a href="/wiki/Debevoise_%26_Plimpton" title="Debevoise & Plimpton">Debevoise & Plimpton</a></li> <li>Robert P. Patterson and Vanderbilt Webb, founding partners of <a href="/wiki/Patterson_Belknap_Webb_%26_Tyler" title="Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler">Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_K._Garrison" title="Lloyd K. Garrison">Lloyd K. Garrison</a>, name partner of <a href="/wiki/Paul,_Weiss,_Rifkind,_Wharton_%26_Garrison" title="Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison">Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Iacobucci" title="Frank Iacobucci">Frank Iacobucci</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puisne_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Puisne Justice">Puisne Justice</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Canada" title="Supreme Court of Canada">Supreme Court of Canada</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dewey_Ballantine&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-auto-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lawcrossing.com/article/5959/Dewey-LeBoeuf-LLP/">"Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP"</a>. <i>LawCrossing.com</i>. 2010-11-02<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-07-30</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=LawCrossing.com&rft.atitle=Dewey+%26+LeBoeuf+LLP&rft.date=2010-11-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lawcrossing.com%2Farticle%2F5959%2FDewey-LeBoeuf-LLP%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADewey+Ballantine" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.orrick.com/news_events/releases.asp?action=article&articleid=4095">http://www.orrick.com/news_events/releases.asp?action=article&articleid=4095</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080402092844/http://www.orrick.com/news_events/releases.asp?action=article&articleid=4095">Archived</a> 2008-04-02 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Dewey and Orrick Reach Major Milestone in Merger Discussions</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/01/04/dewey-orrick-merger-is-off/">https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/01/04/dewey-orrick-merger-is-off/</a> Dewey Orrick Merger is Off</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLattman" class="citation web cs1">Lattman, Peter. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/dewey-leboeuf-files-for-bankruptcy/">"Dewey & LeBoeuf Files for Bankruptcy"</a>. <i>DealBook</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-08-25</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=DealBook&rft.atitle=Dewey+%26+LeBoeuf+Files+for+Bankruptcy&rft.aulast=Lattman&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdealbook.nytimes.com%2F2012%2F05%2F28%2Fdewey-leboeuf-files-for-bankruptcy%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADewey+Ballantine" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pigott, Roger, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://history.nycourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20_Judicial_Notice-min-min.pdf#page=30">"Elihu Root: Nobel Peace Prize Recipient and Manhattan Real Estate Pioneer"</a>, <i>Judicial Notice</i> 15:2020, pp. 56-65</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span 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