Dewey Mistrial Tarnishes Manhattan DA Attack on Corporate Fraud

By Greg Farrell and Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg News

Since taking office five years ago, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. has successfully tackled street crime, reopened cold cases and targeted cyber- fraud. In trials involving complex financial offenses, he’s hit a rough patch.

A mistrial in one of his most ambitious efforts — charging top partners at the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP law firm with larceny and fraud — is the third setback this year for the 61-year-old prosecutor in a significant corporate crime case. The stumbles signal that Vance has yet to match the high-profile accomplishments of his predecessor, Robert ...