Four Dewey & LeBoeuf lawyers depart for DLA Piper

A four-attorney mergers and acquisitions group has left law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf for DLA Piper in New York.

The defections bring to at least 40 the number of partners known to have left 1,000-attorney Dewey since the beginning of the year.John Altorelli will join DLA Piper as co-chairman of the firm's U.S. finance practice and a member of the executive committee. The other attorneys are former