Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Nov. 8, 2021
Disbarred lawyer challenges sentence based on special prosecutors
The basis for the challenge is that a New York federal judge’s appointment of private attorneys as special prosecutors to pursue the criminal contempt action violates a June U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
Disbarred New York attorney Steven Donziger is challenging his sentence for criminal contempt on the grounds that the lawyers who prosecuted him in connection with his lawsuit against Chevron Corp. were not acting under the supervision of the U.S. Department of Justice.
The basis for the challenge is that a New York federal judge's appointment of private attorneys as special prosecutors to pursue the criminal contempt action violates a June...
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