December 15, 2008

Dreier LLP

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  1. June 14, 2013

    Dreier Creditors Fight $10M Claim From Ex-Partner In Calif.

    The unsecured creditors committee for bankrupt law firm Dreier LLP asked a New York bankruptcy court on Thursday to disallow a $10 million claim from a former partner of Dreier Stein & Kahan LLP, the California affiliate of Dreier LLP.

  2. May 21, 2013

    Dreier Investors Say Profits Weren't Part Of Ponzi Scheme

    Attorneys for two investors being sued for millions by Dreier LLP's Chapter 11 trustee told a New York bankruptcy judge Tuesday that the trustee can't prove that the profits they received from their investments in the defunct firm were part of a Ponzi scheme.

  3. March 29, 2013

    Dreier Trustee Makes $3.5M Deal With Patriot

    Dreier LLP's Chapter 11 trustee on Friday settled for $3.5 million her suit against The Patriot Group LLC — one of several investors in convicted Ponzi schemer Marc Dreier's defunct law firm — in which she had originally sought  $16.7 million.

  4. January 24, 2013

    Dreier Trustee Demands Ex-IP Head, Partners Cough Up Funds

    The liquidating trustee for Dreier LLP on Wednesday hit its former intellectual property head and two other former partners with a suit looking to recover profits earned from legal matters that the trustee says originated with the fallen firm.

  5. January 8, 2013

    Dreier Trustee Nets Clawback Deal Over Penthouse Payments

    The trustee for bankrupt law firm Dreier LLP reached a $132,500 settlement Monday with the lien holder, mortgage servicer and contractor on a forfeited luxury apartment owned by convicted ex-lawyer Marc Dreier over claims they accepted $2.3 million in Ponzi scheme funds.

  6. December 7, 2012

    Dreier Trustee Settles With Owner Of Founder's Apartment

    The trustee overseeing the Chapter 11 case of Dreier LLP reached a settlement Friday with the apartment building the law firm's founder called home, resolving an adversary suit that alleged the lease payments were made with funds he was charged with stealing.

  7. July 18, 2012

    Amaranth Says Would-Be Dreier Adviser Has Privileged Info

    Amaranth Partners LLC asked a New York bankruptcy court Tuesday not to let defunct law firm Dreier LLP's trustee hire a consultant who has previously advised Amaranth to consult on an adversary suit over $28 million allegedly transferred to Amaranth as part of Dreier's founder's Ponzi scheme.

  8. June 22, 2012

    Dreier Judge Tells Cochran Firm To Yield Docs Or Face Fine

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Thursday gave personal injury firm The Cochran Firm seven days to comply with a discovery order in the Dreier LLP bankruptcy, and threatened it with a $1,000-a-day fine if it does not.

  9. June 14, 2012

    Dreier Trustee Wants Cochran Firm Sanctioned

    The liquidating trustee for defunct law firm Dreier LLP asked a New York bankruptcy court Wednesday to sanction personal injury firm The Cochran Firm for evading a discovery order and taking action in state court in violation of a stay.

  10. March 15, 2012

    Wells Fargo To Pare $30M Secured Claims In Dreier Deal

    Wells Fargo Bank NA on Wednesday agreed to whittle $29.8 million in secured claims against Dreier LLP down to $7.2 million, settling claims from the law firm's liquidation trustee that the bank's predecessor had enabled the Ponzi scheme that toppled the firm and put its founder behind bars.