Chevron seeks treble damages, punitive damages & attorney fees in its counterclaims against Patton Boggs

In another development, Chevron is contending in  court filing that Patton Boggs partner James Tyrrell agreed to head collection efforts despite doubts about the merits of the environmental case because of “enormous financial pressure at Patton Boggs,” Reuters reports. The oil company has also suggested that Patton Boggs may have concealed fraudulent tactics by lead plaintiffs lawyer Steven Donziger, who does not work at Patton Boggs.

Tyrrell and the law firm have denied these claims.

In an earlier court filing arguing against Chevron’s efforts to pursue counterclaims, Patton Boggs called Chevron’s effort “a bad-faith, legally-futile, and vexatious stratagem designed to divert the resources” of Patton Boggs and pressure the firm to abandon the collection case.

—ABAJournal