Steven R. Donziger
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Steven Robert Donziger is an American former attorney known for his legal battles with Chevron, particularly Aguinda v. Texaco, Inc.
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I was not prosecuted by the U.S. government. I was prosecuted by a private law firm, Seward & Kissel, appointed by a federal judge after the U.S.
Lawyer Steven Donziger, Who Sued Chevron over “Amazon Chernobyl,” Ordered to Prison After House Arrest, Democracy Now!, October 27, 2021
This goes way beyond me. It goes to really what kind of society we want in America.
Quoted in 'I've Been Targeted With Probably the Most Vicious Corporate Counterattack in American History' Jack Holmes, Esquire Mar 18, 2021
As the case was coming to an end in Ecuador, Chevron's lawyers and executives made it clear they would never pay the judgment.
Quoted in 'I've Been Targeted With Probably the Most Vicious Corporate Counterattack in American History' Jack Holmes, Esquire March 18,
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About this person
Steven Robert Donziger is an American former attorney known for his legal battles with Chevron, particularly Aguinda v. Texaco, Inc. and other cases in which he represented over 30,000 farmers and Indigenous people who allegedly suffered environmental damage and health problems caused by oil drilling in the Lago Agrio oil field of Ecuador. The Ecuadorian court awarded the plaintiffs $9.5 billion in damages, which led Chevron to withdraw its assets from Ecuador and launch legal action against Donziger in the US. In 2011, Chevron filed a RICO (anti-corruption) suit against Donziger in New York City. The case was heard by US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, who determined that the ruling of the Ecuadorian court could not be enforced in the US because it was procured by fraud, bribery, and racketeering activities. As a result of this case, Donziger was disbarred from practicing law in New York in 2018.
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