Judge:  2nd Attorney Seeking To Withdraw From Donziger Case Must Defend Him

(September 4, 2020, 2:06 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on Sept. 4 ordered an attorney to continue representing Steven R. Donziger, the attorney who won an $18.5 billion judgment against Chevron Corp. in a court in Ecuador for injuries only to have it reversed, despite his attempt to withdraw, and the judge ordered the attorney to file any further communications about the case in the electronic docket rather than in the form of personal emails to the judge's chambers (United States v. Donziger, Nos. 19-561 and 11-691, S.D. N.Y.)....