Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky

What Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky does

Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky LLP (DPK) is a New York City-based litigation boutique founded in 1998 by Thomas E.L. Dewey, David S. Pegno, and Stephen M. Kramarsky, all former associates at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Kaye Scholer. The firm operates as a limited liability partnership from a single Manhattan office at 777 Third Avenue, with approximately 14 lawyers organized across ten practice areas: Appellate, Bankruptcy, Employment, Financial Services, Insurance, Intellectual Property and Technology, Internal Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement, Pro Bono, Real Estate, and Securities. Its core offering is complex commercial litigation — trials, appeals, arbitrations, and regulatory investigations — delivered through a team-based, tailored model positioned as a cost-effective alternative to large, full-service firms.

DPK serves a narrow enterprise client base consisting of large banks and financial institutions, leading real estate firms, insurance companies, public companies, private equity sponsors, and corporate boards facing bet-the-company disputes. The firm has represented clients in landmark matters including Adelphia, Lehman Brothers, Parmalat, Madoff, and MF Global, and routinely acts as co-counsel to other law firms requiring specialized appellate expertise. Recognition across Chambers USA (Band 4 in 2026), Legal 500 (Tier 3 national in 2026), Vault's Top 150 Under 150 (since 2017), the NLJ Litigation Boutiques Hot List, and Super Lawyers (five partners in 2026) underscores its standing within the New York litigation market.

The firm generates revenue on a professional-services fee model, with engagements priced on an hourly or fixed-fee basis negotiated matter by matter, typically structured as multi-year engagements for complex disputes. Client acquisition is driven entirely by professional reputation, peer referrals, individual partner rankings, and thought-leadership publications in the New York Law Journal and Law360, with no intermediary, channel, or marketing-led sales motion. The firm has no proprietary technology product, no disclosed external funding, and no parent company, operating as an independent equal partnership.

Name

Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky

Legal name

Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky LLP

Website

https://dpklaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky is a New York litigation boutique founded in 1998, providing complex commercial litigation, trials, appeals, and regulatory investigation services to large enterprise clients in finance, real estate, insurance, securities, and private equity.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Litigation Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships Advisory (JVs, Alliances, Carve-outs) (BPAHAOAG), M&A Advisory (Buy-Side & Sell-Side) (BPAHAOAA)

Keywords

• Complex commercial litigation
• Securities litigation
• Appellate practice
• Regulatory investigations
• Insurance coverage disputes

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Professional Fees: The firm generates revenue through legal fees for complex commercial litigation services including trials, appeals, regulatory investigations, and dispute resolution. Services are provided to companies, individuals, boards of directors, and other law firms on a fee-for-service basis.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky LLP is a New York City litigation boutique founded in 1998 that provides complex commercial litigation services to corporate clients, including trials, appeals, and regulatory investigations. The firm represents companies, individuals, boards of directors, and other law firms in matters spanning securities, financial services, real estate, insurance, employment, intellectual property, bankruptcy, and internal investigations across ten distinct practice areas.

Product overview

Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky LLP is a New York City litigation boutique founded in 1998, offering a unified suite of legal services centered on complex commercial litigation. The firm provides ten distinct practice areas covering Appellate, Bankruptcy, Employment, Financial Services, Insurance, Intellectual Property and Technology, Internal Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement, Pro Bono, Real Estate, and Securities matters. Each practice area functions as a specialized service offering, collectively enabling the firm to represent clients across the full spectrum of business disputes including trials, appeals, arbitrations, and regulatory investigations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Appellate Practice
• Bankruptcy Practice
• Employment Practice
• Financial Services Practice
• Insurance Practice
• Intellectual Property and Technology Practice
• Internal Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement Practice
• Real Estate Practice
• Securities Practice
• Pro Bono Practice

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully represented clients in landmark cases including Adelphia, Lehman, Parmalat, Madoff, MF Global, and multiple real estate IPOs
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pomerantz LLP: Long-standing New York securities litigation boutique with landmark class action practice — directly comparable to DPK on securities and finance litigation matters.
• Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP: New York-based litigation boutique with comparable BigLaw-trained founding partners, similarly focused on complex commercial litigation for large corporate clients in finance, real estate, and insurance — directly competing for the same enterprise matters as DPK.
• Boies Schiller Flexner LLP: Premier litigation boutique founded by a BigLaw-trained lead partner, with strong practice in commercial disputes, securities, and investigations for Fortune 500 clients — a comparable 'top-of-mind' boutique competitor in New York.
• Susman Godfrey LLP: Houston/NY-based premier trial boutique handling bet-the-company commercial, securities, and IP cases for large corporate clients — comparable boutique model with similar high-stakes commercial litigation focus.
• Bartlit Beck LLP: Chicago-based commercial litigation boutique serving large corporate clients in complex trials and appeals — comparable boutique size, talent pedigree, and reputation-driven GTM.
• Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP: The largest litigation-only firm globally, with deep practices in securities, financial services, and appellate work — competing head-to-head with DPK on complex commercial matters and even retaining DPK as co-counsel on appellate work.
• Kirby McInerney LLP: New York-based litigation boutique with substantial securities class action and complex commercial practice — competing with DPK in the same securities-litigation market.
• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP: Nationally recognized litigation boutique with strong securities, consumer, and class action practices for institutional clients — comparable boutique profile targeting sophisticated corporate and institutional matters.
• Hueston Hennigan LLP: West Coast/NY litigation boutique known for high-profile commercial, securities, and antitrust trials with elite BigLaw pedigree — peers in scale, business model, and courtroom reputation to DPK.
• Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC: Plaintiff-side complex litigation firm with major securities class action and shareholder derivative practice — directly comparable to DPK on the litigation side of high-profile financial-services matters.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dpklaw

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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