Comments on: Maestro Mastro: Chevron’s Legal Team Hits A Home Run

By: Lago Agrio: Did The Plaintiffs Buy the Judgment? | Letters Blogatory | Letters Blogatory | Letters Blogatory

Mon, 07 May 2018 01:26:07 +0000

[…] responding to the Declaration of former Ecuadorian Judge Alberto Guerra—who claims to have taken […]

By: Lago Agrio: Oral Argument At The Second Circuit (And A Special Letters Blogatory Backgrounder) | Letters Blogatory

Tue, 21 Apr 2015 13:11:33 +0000

[…] in New York. But Judge Guerra, who was Chevron’s star witness in the New York trial, lacked credibility in my eyes and the eyes of some other observers. Why believe a witness who admits to taking bribes […]

By: Lago Agria: Judge Guerra Revisited | Letters Blogatory

Lago Agria: Judge Guerra Revisited | Letters Blogatory — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 11:00:46 +0000

[…] for the claim was Judge Guerra’s own testimony. But Judge Guerra’s testimony was, I have argued, difficult to credit for various reasons, not the least of which were the large payments Chevron […]

By: Lago Agrio: Hints that the Plaintiffs Have Evidence Of Chevron Shenanigans | Letters Blogatory

Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:31:45 +0000

[…] El Telégrafo, an Ecuadoran newspaper, has published a teaser of an article relating to the judicial corruption claims that Chevron has made in the case. The article accuses Kroll, a US firm, of employing three […]

By: Book Review: Paul Barrett's Law of the Jungle

Book Review: Paul Barrett's Law of the Jungle — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 12:20:23 +0000

[…] would be different. But he didn’t take my broader point. It does seem to me that part of the brilliance of Chevron’s strategy, under the tutelage of Gibson & Dunn lawyer Randy Mastro, has been to align its legal strategy with its PR strategy and to make the case about […]

By: Letters Blogatory's Top Ten Posts for 2013 | Letters Blogatory

Letters Blogatory's Top Ten Posts for 2013 | Letters Blogatory — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 16:12:00 +0000

[…] Maestro Mastro: Chevron’s Legal Team Hits A Home Run, January 28, 2013. This post covered the Guerra Declaration and included an appreciation of the remarkable work of Chevron’s lead outside lawyer, Randy Maestro, who has proved that the best defense is a good offense. In later posts, I’ve expressed deep skepticism about Guerra’s testimony and credibility, but how can you not admire what Mastro has accomplished, from the purely technical point of view? […]

By: Lago Agrio: Judge Guerra's Testimony | Letters Blogatory

Lago Agrio: Judge Guerra's Testimony | Letters Blogatory — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:15:40 +0000

[…] Bastidas, a star witness if not the star witness of Chevron’s case. Judge Guerra retells the story we have already seen of the ghostwriting, the bribes, and so forth. Guerra retells the story of his […]

By: Lago Agrio: Leonard, Lynch, and McMillen—and the John Does | Letters Blogatory

Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:55:50 +0000

[…] the expected testimony of Judge Guerra, who needs all the corroboration he can get given the inherent lack of credibility in the testimony. (By that I mean: why should one believe anything an admittedly corrupt witness […]

By: The Zambrano Deposition: Failure To Launch | Letters Blogatory

The Zambrano Deposition: Failure To Launch | Letters Blogatory — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:53:48 +0000

[…] Roger Parloff is reporting that Judge Nicolás Zambrano Lozada did not appear at a scheduled deposition today in Peru where he was scheduled to testify. Recall that theLago Agrio plaintiffs had submitted a declaration from Judge Zambrano rebutting the claims of corruption made by Judge Alberto Guerra Bastidas in a declaration that Chevron had earlier filed. […]

By: Lago Agrio: Magistrate Judge Allows High-Level Chevron Depositions To Proceed | Letters Blogatory

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:02:20 +0000

[…] that Kroll was involved in an effort to bribe former Ecuadorian Judge Alberto Guerra, who gave a devastating declaration claiming that the Ecuadoran judgment was the product of fraud and corruption. I noted in my earlier […]