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Steven Robert Donziger (born September 14, 1961) [1] [2] is an American 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 suffered environmental damage and health problems caused by oil drilling in the Lago Agrio oil field of Ecuador.
Crusading lawyer Steven Donziger on his 993 days of house arrest amid battle with oil companies ... “The Ecuador lawsuit is a well-documented fraud and Steven Donziger is an adjudicated ...
In March 2014, United States district court judge Lewis A. Kaplan [19] ruled that the Ecuadorian plaintiff's lead attorney, Steven Donziger, had used "corrupt means," including "coercion, bribery, money laundering and other misconduct," to obtain the 2011 court verdict in Ecuador. The judge did not rule on the underlying issue of environmental ...
It was filed in 1993 by American human rights lawyer Steven Donziger on behalf of indigenous collectives in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The lawsuit sought compensation for "alleged environmental and personal injuries arising out of Texaco's oil exploration and extraction operations in the Oriente region between 1964 and 1992."
Steven R. Donziger [ edit ] In September 2021, shortly after Donziger was sentenced in a New York for petty contempt of court , the group determined that Donzinger's arrest was arbitrary and a violation of international law and called for his release.
The Steven J. Baum firm, which ... The New York-based foreclosure law firm infamous for their ill-themed Halloween party has agreed to fork over $4 million in a settlement with state prosecutors ...
In the outtakes of the movie Donziger, a lawyer representing the Ecuadorians suing Chevron for environmental damages in the Amazonian rainforest, said Texaco (now Chevron) lawyers play dirty in Ecuador [5] and suggested ideas to also play dirty, like pressuring the court through protests of farmers.
In a 2021 bench trial, Preska found attorney Steven Donziger guilty of six counts of criminal contempt; in a 245-page opinion, Preska said that Donziger had "repeatedly and willfully" defied court orders. He faces a maximum six-month jail sentence.