The gone-in-a-flash defense case was another twist in Donziger’s battles with Chevron and, more directly in recent years, with two federal trial judges sitting in the Southern District of New York who have presided over a Chevron-linked civil-fraud case brought against Donziger and his criminal prosecution: Judge Lewis Kaplan in the civil matter and Judge Loretta Preska in the criminal case.
May 17, 2021 at 05:10 PM
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Attorneys for Steven Donziger, the embattled ex-lawyer who has been waging legal warfare with oil giant Chevron for decades, on Monday rested their defense of him against criminal contempt-of-court charges without calling a single witness.
Not Donziger. Not anyone else.
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Steven Donziger speaks outside of the United States District Court in Manhattan on the last day of his trial Monday, May 17, 2021. Photo: Ryland West/ALM
