April 12, 2019
A New York federal judge cleared a law firm of allegations that it wrongfully pocketed a $100,000 retainer from a convicted arms trafficker after an attorney who sought to defend him in a criminal case dropped out, ruling that the trafficker failed to establish that the money belonged to him.
October 17, 2014
New York firm Gallet Dreyer & Berkey LLP urged a federal judge to quash a legal malpractice suit brought by a convicted arms trafficker who claims the firm wrongly took possession of a retainer after another attorney dropped out, saying Friday that it rightfully used the funds for an appeal.