An attorney who was suspended from practicing law after it was determined that he and his partners had been complicit in acts of “coercion, fraud and bribery” is still profiting from a judgment he obtained against Chevron in Ecuador, according to court filings.

In February 2011, a court in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, issued an $18 billion judgment against Chevron that was later reduced to $9.5 billion. The company has been defending itself against allegations that it is responsible for environmental damage in the Amazon region of Ecuador since the early 1990s. In a previous post, I explained how Chevron acquired documents containing evidence of unlawful collusion between attorneys, environmental activists, and Ecuador’s judiciary.