![]() The special prosecutor, Rita Glavin of Glavin PLLC, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Circuit Court of Appeals, lawyer William Taylor of Zuckerman Spaeder offered a glimpse of the arguments he will make in his bid to reverse Donziger's lower court conviction and six-month prison sentence.ĭonziger will argue he was unlawfully prosecuted by a private attorney who served on behalf of the United States as special prosecutor, Taylor wrote. (Reuters) - Disbarred lawyer Steven Donziger, who was convicted and sentenced for criminal contempt after a decades-long legal battle with Chevron Corp over rainforest pollution in Ecuador, has asked a federal appeals court to keep him out of jail while it hears his case. Donziger's lawyer to argue special prosecutor acting for U.S.Court filing asks to keep Donziger in home confinement.The Harvard-trained lawyer was disbarred by a state appeals court in New York last year. When he refused, Kaplan charged him with criminal contempt.Īttorney Steven Donziger has said the charges violate his rights to due process under the U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in 2014 ruled in favour of Chevron, saying the Ecuadorian judgement had been secured through bribery, fraud and extortion.Ĭhevron sought to recoup money Donziger reaped as a result of the judgement, and Donziger was ordered to turn over certain electronic devices to the company’s forensic experts. Later that year, the US company sued Donziger in Manhattan federal court, claiming he and his associates pressured the presiding judge in Ecuador. In 2011, Donziger won a $9.5 billion judgement against Chevron in an Ecuadorian court. The case is the latest twist in a long-running battle stemming from Donziger’s representation of villagers in Ecuador’s Lago Agrio region who sought to hold Chevron liable for water and soil contamination in the jungle between 19.Ĭhevron has said Texaco, which was acquired by Chevron, cleaned up the pollution, and that state-owned Petroecuador was mainly responsible for the contamination. ![]() Martin Garbus, arguing for Donziger, painted a different picture, saying the court had not initially been clear about what it wanted the lawyer to hand over. In an opening statement, prosecuting lawyer Rita Glavin said that Donziger had consciously chosen to disobey court orders to turn over his devices and documents. Steven Donziger is on trial in federal court in New York City in the United States for failing to turn over his computer, phones and other electronic devices and refusing court orders to surrender his passport in the civil case brought by Chevron. New York, May 11 (RHC)- A disbarred American lawyer who spent more than two decades battling Chevron Corp over pollution in the Ecuadorian rainforest attempted on Monday to fend off criminal contempt charges stemming from a lawsuit against him by the energy company. Attorney Steven Donziger is on trial in federal court in New York City in the United States ![]()
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