Over 450 lawyers and legal organizations around the world submitted a letter of support to Judge Preska in the sentencing hearing for Steven Donziger on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. The letter was coordinated by the National Lawyers Guild International Committee and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers.

It urges Judge Preska “to sentence Mr. Donziger to time-served based on the length of his home detention and the unusual nature of a private prosecution where the charges were rejected by the U.S. Attorney Southern District of New York. We note that Mr. Donziger maintains his innocence and has a demonstrated commitment for almost three decades to the cause of human rights and to helping his Indigenous and campesino clients in Ecuador deal with on-going health and land issues as a result of oil contamination. The extraordinary length of his pretrial home detention (over two years) alone warrants leniency at this time.”

The Donziger case is critically important for all human rights lawyers and movement organizations challenging corporate devastation of the environment and Indigenous land. Donziger was targeted by Chevron after he helped Indigenous peoples win a historic judgment against the company in Ecuador to clean up the pollution caused by decades of oil drilling with no environmental controls.

Read previous statements on the Donziger case:

• More than 200 lawyers file judicial complaint against Judge Lewis A. Kaplan over abusive targeting of human rights advocate Steven Donziger
• NLG and IADL file amicus brief in Donziger case, highlighting corporate impunity and human rights violations
• Over 475 lawyers, legal organizations and human rights defenders support lawyer Steven Donziger

Read the full letter below or download PDF:

September 20, 2021

Honorable Judge Preska:

As legal organizations and attorneys from the United States and around the world, we have closely monitored the case of Mr. Steven Donziger, a human rights attorney who, since 1993, has led an international team representing Indigenous communities and rural farmer communities struggling for environmental, economic, and health justice against Chevron for its role in the toxic pollution, environmental damage and health crisis caused in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Mr. Donziger ultimately helped these communities win a $9.5 billion pollution judgment against Chevron in the company’s preferred venue of Ecuador, where it insisted the trial take place and where it had accepted jurisdiction. This judgment has been confirmed by three layers of appellate courts in Ecuador, including the country’s Constitutional Court. It was also validated for enforcement purposes by Canada’s Supreme Court in a unanimous decision issued in 2015. Chevron vowed never to pay the judgement and threatened the affected communities with a “lifetime of litigation” unless they dropped their claims.

As a result of these successful efforts to hold the company accountable, for over a decade Chevron has pursued aggressive retaliatory litigation against Mr. Donziger in United States courts to silence, bankrupt and jail him. Because Mr. Donziger refused on ethical and legal grounds to turn over privileged documents to Chevron without first allowing for appellate review, Mr. Donziger faced civil contempt charges issued by Judge Kaplan. In July 2019, Judge Kaplan referred the case to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York for criminal contempt prosecution, which the Office declined. Thereafter, Judge Kaplan took the extraordinary step of appointing a private law firm, Seward & Kissel (a firm with known ties to Chevron and Chevron-related entities), to prosecute Mr. Donziger despite the firm’s well-documented conflict of interest. The Seward firm pushed for Mr. Donziger’s unprecedented pre-trial detention and opposed his request for a jury trial.

Mr. Donziger has served over two years of home detention–incredibly considered a “flight risk” in the middle of a global pandemic–after vigorously participating in his defense and never before missing a court date.  By his sentencing on October 1, 2021,  Mr. Donziger will have been subject to 787 days of house arrest while the misdemeanor charge he faces carries a maximum sentence of six months and the longest sentence ever imposed on a lawyer in New York for the crime of contempt is 90 days of home detention

We, the undersigned concerned bar organizations and jurists from around the world, thus urge you to sentence Mr. Donziger to time-served based on the length of his home detention and the unusual nature of a private prosecution where the charges were rejected by the U.S. Attorney Southern District of New York. We note that Mr. Donziger maintains his innocence and has a demonstrated commitment for almost three decades to the cause of human rights and to helping his Indigenous and campesino clients in Ecuador deal with on-going health and land issues as a result of oil contamination. The extraordinary length of his pretrial home detention (over two years) alone warrants leniency at this time.

Signed,

Legal Organizations:

1. International Association of Democratic Lawyers
2. National Lawyers Guild
3. Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle , New York City US
4. Alfonso David Barrientos Zapata, La Paz – Bolivia
5. Amazon Watch, Oakland
6. Asociación Americana de Juristas
7. Asociación Americana de Juristas Colombia, Bogota, Colombia
8. Asociación Nacional de Abogados Democráticos, Ciudad de México
9. Central Arizona National Lawyers Guild, Phoenix, AZ
10. Centro de Documentación en Derechos Humanos “Segundo Montes Mozo S.J.” (CSMM), Ecuador
11. Chicago ALBA Solidarity, Chicago, US
12. Comite Dialogo Ambiental, Salinas, Puerto Rico
13. Common Sense Legal Counseling, Somerville MA
14. Community Housing Transformation Centre, Montreal, Canada
15. Community Justice Center Fresno, FRESNO
16. CORAP, Kinshasa, RDC
17. CRED, Rome, Rome
18. Defending Rights & Dissent, Washington, DC USA
19. Democratic Lawyers Association of Bangladesh (DLAB), Dhaka, Bangladesh
20. Detroit & Michigan Chapter of the NLG, Detroit, USA
21. Ecojustice Legal Action Centre, Dundrum, Co Down, Ireland
22. European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH), Düsseldorf, Germany
23. Future Law Institute (UK) , Bath, United Kingdom
24. Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers , London
25. Hawai’i Institute for Human Rights, HONOLULU
26. HICHRP(Hawaii Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines ), Honolulu, USA
27. Housing and Land Rights Network – Habitat International Coalition, Giza, Egypt
28. Indian Association of Lawyers, Mumbai , India
29. Interfaith Worker Justice – New Mexico, SANTA FE
30. International Association of People’s Lawyers-Australia, Woy Woy, NSW, Australia
31. International Federation For The Protection Of The Rights Of Ethnic, Religious, Linguistic & Other Minorities (IFPRERLOM), Geneva, Switzerland
32. International-Lawyers.org, Geneva, Switzerland
33. Law and Disorder Radio, Cohost, Law and Disorder Radio
34. Legal Centre Lesvos, Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece
35. Mazingira Istitute, Nairobi, Kenya
36. Monitoring Committee on Attacks on Lawyers, International Association of People’s Lawyers, Bordeaux France
37. Nakuru Reproductive Health Centre, Nakuru
38. National Association of Democratic Lawyers (South Africa), Durban , South Africa
39. National Lawyers Guild – SF Bay Area, San Francisco, California
40. National Lawyers Guild, Maryland Chapter, Baltimore City, MD, USA
41. National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (Philippines), Philippines
42. Native Justice, LLC, Boulder, Colorado USA
43. New Economy Law, Totnes, UK
44. New Mexico Environmental Law Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
45. NLG University of San Diego, School of Law, San Diego, USA
46. NorCal Resist, Sacramento, CA, US
47. Notre Affaire à Tous, Lyon, France
48. com, Caracas, Venezuela
49. Pachamama Alliance , San Francisco, United States
50. Palestine Legal, Chicago, New York, San Francisco Bay Area
51. Parable of the Sower Intentional Community Cooperative, Richmond, CA.
52. Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, Washington, DC, USA
53. Plan B.Earth, London, UK
54. Progress Lawyers Network Brussels , Brussels
55. Project Blueprint, Marshfield, Massachusetts
56. Rainforest Action Network, San Francisco
57. Rainforest Relief, Minneola, Florida, USA
58. Resource Generation (NYC Chapter), New York City
59. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
60. Social Economic Action and Transformation for Humanity, Masvingo
61. Ukrainian Association of Democratic Lawyers , Kiev, Ukraine
62. University of Arizona College of Law National Lawyers Guild Student Chapter, Tucson, Arizona
63. Water Protector Legal Collective , USA
64. WESPAC Foundation, Inc., White Plains, NY, USA
65. Women Protection Organisation ( WOPO ) , Lagos State, Nigeria
66. Women’s Federation for World Peace International, Wien
67. World’s Youth for Climate Justice Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil

Individual Attorneys: 

1. Achim Rollhaeuser, Lawyer, Lawyers’ union for the defence of fundamental rights, Greece, Athens/Greece
2. Adé Olaiya, M.A., UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab Expert, Bristol, UK
3. Adnan Mohammed, Sanaa Yemen
4. Alain Bali, Los Angeles
5. Alan Herzfeld, Boise, USA
6. Alan Podber, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
7. AlanTimothy C. Lunceford-Stevens JD, National Lawyers Guild, NEW YORK
8. Alaric Ohlson, Hamilton, New Zealand
9. Aleta Alston Toure, Parable of the Sower Intentional Community Cooperative, Richmond, CA.
10. Alex Galle-From, Minneapolis, MN, USA
11. Alex King, Tucson
12. Alexander Cameron, Washington, DC
13. Alexander Sanchez Jr, San Diego, California
14. Alice D Ellis Gaut, JD, PI, Capital Defense Mitigation Specialist, Tigard, Oregon, USA
15. Alice Jennings, Edwards & Jennings, PC, Detroit
16. Alice Slater, JD, New York
17. Amanda Rude, Washington, DC US
18. Amith Gupta, Atlanta, GA
19. Andrea MacNevin, Lawyer/Mediator, MacNevin Law & Mediation, Halifax, Canada
20. Andrew Bearkland, Washington, DC
21. Andrew Fischer, partner, Jason & Fischer, Attorneys at law, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
22. Andrew Reid, JD, LLM, Native Justice, LLC, Boulder, Colorado USA
23. Angelo Guisado, Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY
24. Ann M Schneider, NYC Chapter Board member, National Lawyers Guild, NYC
25. Ann Wilcox, Esq, NLG, DC chapter, Washington DC
26. Anne Else, Omaha, NE, USA
27. Anne Kaufman, National Lawyers Guild, Boston MA
28. Anne Scheetz, Chicago
29. Annie Bevis, Southampton, Hampshire, UK
30. Antonio A. Oposa Jr., Cebu City, Philippines
31. Antonio Oposa, Environmental lawyer, Manila, Philippines
32. Aoife Fleming, UN Youth Representative for the Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands
33. Apple Joy L. Collados, Philippines
34. Arnold Gore, Brooklyn for Peace, Brooklyn
35. Ashlee Albies, Albies & Stark LLC, Portland, OR
36. Auden Perino, DC Legal Aid, Washington DC
37. Audrey Bomse, NLG, Brooklyn
38. Ayo Figueroa, Chapter Co-Chair, NLG Maryland, Baltimore, MD
39. Banbose Shango, AFGJ, Oklahoma City
40. Belhassen Ennouri, Ennouri Law Office, Tunis, Tunisia
41. Benjamin E Apple, Chapel Hill, NC
42. Benjamin Hiller, Medford, Massachusetts
43. Benjamin L. Rundall, Esq., Lawyer, Phoenix, USA
44. Bern Haggerty, Laramie, USA
45. Beth S. Lyons, IADL Alternate Representative to U.N. (New York), U.S.
46. Bethany Spielman, Chatham
47. Betsie Weil, Chicago Anti-War Coalition, 60643
48. Betsy G. Cunningham, Attorney at Law, Baltimore City, MD USA
49. Bhavleen Sabharwal, New York City, USA
50. Bill Montross, National Lawyers Guild, Bethesda, MD. USA
51. Bill Twist, Co-Founder, CEO, Pachamama Alliance, San Francisco, United States
52. Bill Waddell, Attorney, San Diego, CA
53. BJ Sachs Steinhardt, South America
54. Bob Rossi, National Writers Union and Communication Workers of America (retired), Salem, Oregon, United States
55. Brenna L. Torres, Esq., Attorney at Law, New York, NY
56. Brett Hartmann, Salinas, USA
57. Brian Concannon, Executive Director, Project Blueprint, Marshfield, Massachusetts
58. Brian J. Donovan, Esq., ChinAmerica Legal Advisors, PLLC, Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.
59. Bridget Feldmann, Tucson, AZ, USA
60. Bruce D. Nestor, Past President, National Lawyers Guild (2000-2003), Minneapolis, MN
61. Bruce Ellison, Rapid City, South Dakota
62. William Michaels, Esq., Law Offices, Baltimore
63. Camilo Pérez-Bustillo, Task Force on the Americas, NLG, Oakland
64. Carl Hamad-Lipscombe, Brooklyn Community Bail Fund, Brooklyn
65. Carlos J Bichet Nicoletti, Panama City, Panama
66. Carson Tabiolo, Aiea, HI, USA
67. Casey J. Mulligan, Boulder, CO, USA
68. Casey Mitchell, National Lawyers Guild, Henderson, Nevada, United States
69. Catz O’Neill, Ottawa Canada
70. Channa Samkalden, Prakken d’Oliveira Human Rights Lawyers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
71. Charles H Nadler, Colorado Licensed Attorney (Active: 37698), Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA
72. Charles R. Miller, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
73. Cheri Ibes, Santa Fe, NM
74. Chris Kapilla, Edmonds WA
75. Christen DeBard, Indianapolis, Indiana
76. Christiane Henker, Germany, Chemnitz
77. Christina Himes, Boston, USA
78. Christine Kumar, Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society of DC, Washington, DC
79. Claribel P. Maduena, Law Office of Claribel P. Maduena, PC, Alameda, California, United States
80. Claudia Kuhns, Yogarden Life, Denver, CO USA
81. Colin Bradley, Colin Bradley Law PLLC, Phoenix
82. Collins Mbuyang, Kumasi Ghana
83. Colonel Ann Wright, Veterans For Peace Chapter 113-Hawai’i, Honolulu, Hawai’i
84. Conor Bednarski, Attorney, Brooklyn, NY USA
85. Conor Klerekoper, NLG, Tucson
86. Cormac Cullinan, Cullinan & Associates Inc. (firm of attorneys), Cape Town, South Africa
87. Cory Jane Rodas, Glendale, AZ
88. Courtney Crowe, PORTLAND
89. Craig Jago Beauchamp , Santa Ana, California
90. Zachary Wall, Washington, D.C.
91. Dale Lehman, Neighbors for Peace, Chicago Committee against War and Racism, Chicago Illinois
92. Damon J. Brinson, Saint Paul, MN USA
93. Dan Mayfield, San Jose CA
94. Dan Parziale, Ojai, USA
95. Daniel Goodwin, New York, USA
96. Daniel L Meyers, Esq., NLG admitted SDNY, NEW YORK, NY
97. Daphne Silverman, Austin, USA
98. Daren Garshelis, Director, The Forefront Project, Berkeley, CA
99. David Hunter, Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales, Bristol, England
100. David L. Mandel, Elected member, California Democratic Party Central Committee, Sacramento, USA
101. David Leeper, Retired District Attorney and professor, Madison WI US
102. David Luna, Chicago, Illinois, USA
103. David Norken, National Lawyers Guild Maryland Chapter, Davidsonville, Maryland, USA
104. David Smokler, NLG-Detroit…member., Detroit, USA
105. Dean Guiliotis, Lancaster, CA USA
106. Deborah C. Anderson, Esq., Anderson Law, Washington, DC
107. Debra L Link, SANTA FE
108. Denise D Fort (Professor Emerita), University Of New Mexico School of Law, Santa Fe New Mexico USA
109. Devon Paul, Toronto, Canada
110. Diana Bohn, Berkeley, CA, USA
111. Diane Pontius, Mishawaka, IN U.S.A.
112. Donna Nevins, Houston
113. Dora Rizzardo, Padova, Italy
114. Doris Lin, Law Offices of Doris Lin, Esq., Freehold, NJ, USA
115. Dorothy Knable, 350.org, NYC, USA
116. Jeff Handmaker, Lawyer and Associate Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Hague, The Netherlands
117. Dumonde Slam Dunkley, Tuscon, Arizona, United States
118. Dylan M. LeValley, Seattle
119. Earl MacFarlane, Middletown, DE –USA
120. Eda Gordon, New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Santa Fe, New Mexico
121. Edre U. Olalia, President, National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (Philippines), Philippines
122. Eduardo Estevez, Hillsboro
123. Edward Terrar, National Lawyers Guild, Washington, D.C.
124. Edwin Dela Cruz, President ISAC Philippines, Manila, Philippines
125. Eilidh Innes, UK
126. Eirik Cheverud, Attorney, Hyattsville, Maryland, United States
127. Eleanor Stein, Esq., Troy, New York
128. Elena Hodges, NYU Law student, New York City, USA
129. Elisabeth Hills, Memphis TN USA
130. Elizabeth Barad, Esq., NYC Bar, ABA Committees on Interntional Human Rights and Civil Rights and Social Justice, New York, NY
131. Elizabeth Lee, St Anthony NF
132. Elizabeth M. Molchany, Attorney at Law, Member, Virginia State Bar, Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia
133. Emilie N Junge, Member of National Lawyers Guild, Portland, Oregon Chapter, Portland, Oregon, USA
134. Emily Hawley, Portland, OR
135. Eric Esqueda, University of Houston, Houston, TX
136. Erica Askin, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
137. Erin Sobat, Canadian Articling Student, Toronto
138. Eva Golinger, Esq., New York City, USA
139. Evelyn Chorush, Houston
140. Fausto Jarrín Terán, Asambleísta, Quito – Ecuador
141. Ford Law PLC, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
142. Franz Bruggemeier, Staff attorney for Oregon Justice Resource Center’s Civil Rights Project, Portland, Oregon, United States
143. Galahad Pe Benito, Quezon City, Philippines
144. Garrett Wright, Member, National Lawyers Guild, Portland, OR
145. George Kegoro, Human rights lawyer, Kenya
146. George Symonds, London, UK
147. Geraldine Sadoway, Law Union of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
148. Gill Boehringer, International Association of People’s Lawyers-Australia; Co-Chair, Monitoring Committee on Attacks on Lawyers, Woy Woy, NSW, Australia
149. Grace Lempp, Virginia Indigent Defense Commission – Assistant Public Defender, Manassas, VA
150. Hajime Inoue, JALISA Japan, Yokohama, Japan
151. Heather Kuhn, Student, Member of NLG, Buffalo, NY U.S.
152. Helene Kim, New York, New York
153. Henry Rodriguez, Esq., Law Office of Henry Rodriguez, Portland, OR, USA
154. Henry Wofford, Production Assistant, Los Angeles, United States of America
155. Hilary Zhou, National Coordinator, Zimbabwe People’s Land Rights Movement, Harare, Zimbabwe
156. Hillary Exter, NYC
157. Howard Silverman, Retired attorney, Newton, United States
158. Ian McCurley, NLG Legal Observer Coordinator for Portland Chapter, Portland, OR
159. Issa Samandar, Ramallah, Palestine
160. Ivanne D’Laureil I. Hisoler, Cebu City, Philippines
161. Jacob Erwin, Tucson
162. Jacques Beaudoin, Director of Public and Legal Affairs, Réseau Québécois des OSBL d’Habitation, Montreal, Canada
163. Jaime Hayden, Duluth, MN USA
164. James Love, Honoka, HI USA
165. James Marc Leas, Law Office of James Marc Leas, S. Burlington Vermont US
166. james squire, seattle, WA
167. Jamil Dakwar, ACLU, New York City, USA
168. Jan Susler, CHICAGO, IL USA
169. JANG KYUNG UK, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
170. Jasmine Harris, New York City, USA
171. Jason Smith, Key West
172. Jason Sullivan, Pittsburgh
173. Jayaram Thapa, Centre for legal consultancy, Kathmandu, Nepal
174. Jeanne Mirer, NLG IADL, New York, New York USA
175. Jeff Petrucelly, National Lawyers Guild, Cambridge, MA
176. Jeffrey Frank, National Lawyers Guild, Chicago, USA
177. Jeffrey Haas, Water Protector Legal Collective, Board, Santa Fe, NM
178. Jeffrey Lake, National Lawyers Guild, San Jose, CA USA
179. Jeffrey M. Feuer, Esq., Goldstein and Feuer, Cambridge, MA, USA
180. Jeneva R. Kame Parks, Law Student, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
181. Jeremy Penn, Washington, DC
182. Jerry Dohnal, NSW Law Society, Australia, Dublin, Ireland
183. Jessica Coffrin-St. Julien, NYU Law School, New York, USA
184. Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza, OrinocoTribune.com, Caracas, Venezuela
185. Joan Andersson, National Lawyers Guild, Berkeley USA
186. Joan Levitt, Tijeras
187. Joanna Rothchild, Attorney, Brooklyn, NY, USA
188. Joe Emersberger, author, Windsor, Canada
189. Joel Newey, Attorney, Portland, Oregon, US
190. Joelle Eliza Lingat, Jersey City, USA
191. John Chadwck, Veterans For Peace, Bellingham
192. John Gear, Founder, Salem, Oregon
193. John L. Stainthorp, Chicago
194. John Mage, New York, NY
195. John O. Curry, Seattle, USA
196. John Philpot, Barreau du Québec, Montréal
197. John Quigley, Emeritus Professor of Law Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans Louisiana US
198. John R. Evans, Esq., Kernersville, North Carolina
199. John Ryan, Winnipeg
200. John T. Fussell, West Hartford, Connecticut, USA
201. John T. Mitchell, Interaction Law, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
202. John Wheat Gibson, P.C., National Lawyers Guild, Dallas, U.S.A.
203. Joie Peña, Santa Fe, USA
204. Jon Sternberg, California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (ret), Oakkand/Berkeley, California
205. Jonathan Boud, Middlesex England
206. Jonathan Padwe, Associate professor of Anthropology, Honolulu, Hawa’i, USA
207. Jordan Kushner, Civil Rights Attorney, Minnepaolis
208. Jorge Cortez, Dallas, Texas
209. Josafath Salazar, Lawyer at Hogan Lovells, Monterrey, Mexico
210. Josalee S. Deinla, National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, Philippines
211. Josephine Smalls Miller, Law Office of Josephine Smalls Miller, Danbury
212. Joshua Chavanne, California
213. Joshua Cooper, Executive Director, Hawai’i Institute for Human Rights, HONOLULU
214. Judy Somberg, National Lawyers Guild International Committee, Cambridge, MA, USA
215. Jule Schnakenberg, World’s Youth for Climate Justice, Hamburg, Germany
216. Julie Stowasser, San Luis Obispo, USA
217. Jun Sasamoto, JALISA, COLAP, TOKYO, Japan
218. Justin Orlove, Baltimore
219. Dean Hubbard, Jr., Executive Director, Professional Staff Congress-CUNY, New York, NY USA
220. Jeff Wang, Ann Arbor, MI
221. Kafahni Nkrumah, Arlington, Tennessee, USA
222. Karen Harrison, Canadian Buddhist Civil Liberties and Human Rights Association
223. Karen Smith, New York State Retired Acting Supreme Court Justice, New York
224. Kate Sinon, Bellevue, WA USA
225. Katherine Holcombe, Attorney at Law, Washington, DC
226. Kathleen Johnson, National Lawyers Guild member, Fairhope, Alabama
227. Kendra Cruikshank, Oregon City, USA
228. Kent Autrey, Koloa, US
229. Kiman A. Lucas, Bainbridge Island
230. Krish Govender, National Association of Democratic Lawyers, Durban, South Africa
231. Kristina Mazzocchi, Partner, Mirer Mazzocchi & Julien, PLLC., BROOKLYN
232. Kyle Barbour, MD, Rochester, NY, USA
233. Larry Hildes, National Lawyers Guild, Bellingham, WA
234. Larry Redmond, Attorney at law, Chicagp
235. Leonard Polletta, New York, New York
236. Les Wallerstein, Lexington, MA/USA
237. Linus Lancaster, California Teachers Association., Sebastopol, USA
238. Lisa Knox, Legal Director, Oakland, CA, US
239. Lord Hendy QC, Member of the Bar of England and Wales and member of the House of Lords, London, UK
240. Lorna Paisley, Lake Balbo CA USA
241. Lorne Franks, Senior Associate, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, Melbourne, Australia
242. Lorraine Leete, Attorney, New York, Legal Centre Lesvos, Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece
243. Lucy Lippard, Galisteo, USA
244. Lucy Rodriguez, Immigration Attorney, KENSINGTON,USA
245. Luís Carlos Moro, General Secretary, American Association of Jurists, São Paulo, Brazil.
246. Luis Dussan, Presidente, Asociación Americana de Juristas Colombia, Bogota, Colombia
247. Luke Laughlin, Law Office of Luke Laughlin, PLLC, Olympia, U.S.
248. Maggie Ellinger-Locke, Washington, DC
249. Maira Rios, Bakersfield, CA USA
250. Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, constitutional rights lawyer and co-founder, Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, Washington, DC, USA
251. Marc B. Lucier, Esq., Palm Beach, FL
252. Margaret Rose, Director, Future Law Institute (UK), Bath, United Kingdom
253. Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Assistant Professor of Public International Law, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies (Leiden University), The Hague, The Netherlands
254. Mari Inoue, Attorney, New York City, NY, USA
255. Maria Cecilia Herrera, Quito
256. Marie Toussaint, Lawyer & Member of the European Parliament, Paris, France
257. Marie Vincent, Attorney, Pangea Legal Services, Berkeley, CA, USA
258. Marilyn Winter-Tamkin, Santa Fe, NM
259. Mário R. Cunha, São Brás de Alportel, Portugal
260. Marjorie Cohn, National Lawyers Guild, San Diego
261. Mark Brodin, Boston College Law School, Newton
262. Mark Hickernell, Waltham, USA
263. Mark Jacquinot, Schenectady, New York USA
264. Mark Stern, MEmber international committee, Boston
265. Martha L Schmidt, Co-Chair, Task Force on the Americas, NLG, Bothell, Washington, USA
266. Mary Dryovage, San Francisco USA
267. Mary Louise Dagatan, Talisay City, Cebu
268. Matthew Laird, Thomas Keel & Laird, Denver
269. Matthew McHale, Ypsilanti, MI, USA
270. Maya Rinta, Portland, United States
271. Meena Jagannath, New York, USA
272. Mela Masi, Swindon
273. Melinda Drew, Attorney/Law Professor, Arlington, MA USA
274. Melinda Power, Managing Attorney, West Town Law Office, Chicago
275. Michael Avery, Professor Emeritus, Suffolk Law School, Professor Emeritus, Suffolk Law School, Albuquerque
276. Michael Letwin, Former President, Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW 2325, BROOKLYN
277. Michael S Goodman, Madison WI USA
278. Michael Steven Smith, Law and Disorder Radio, Call Hass, Law and Disorder Radio, Cohost, Law and Disorder Radio
279. Michael Ward, USA
280. Michelle Lerner, Flanders, NJ
281. Miguel Régio de Almeida, Law Professor, Portugal
282. Miranda Rivers, Washington DC
283. Mireille Fanon Mendes France Frantz Fanon Foundation, Chair, France/Martinique
284. Miriam Stohs, NLG Colorado, Denver
285. Mohamed Tahari, Tahari Lawyers law firm, Casablanca, Morocco
286. Morgan Kendall, Kendall Carot senc, Montreal, Canada
287. Mothiur Rahman, Lawyer, New Economy Law, Totnes, UK
288. Nada Khader, Executive Director, WESPAC Foundation, Inc., White Plains, NY, USA
289. Nadia Sindi, Freelance Court/Medical Arabic Educator/Interpreter/Translator, Eugene
290. Nafe Hasan Yousef, Professor of international law, Palestine Shiya University Beitlehem
291. Nakuru Reproductive Health Centre, Nakuru
292. Nancy Hormachea, Berkeley, CA
293. Nancy S Vann, President, Safe Energy Rights Group, Peekskill, NY, USA
294. Nancy Sharp, Wilmington
295. Nancy Taylor, LOS ANGELES
296. Naomi G Harrison, Santa Fe
297. Natali Segovia, Human Rights Attorney, New Mexico, USA
298. Nathaniel Damren, Brooklyn Defender Services, Westmont, Illinois
299. Natsu Taylor Saito, Attorney, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
300. Nazune Menka, Lawyer, Oakland, CA USA
301. Nicol Tobar Salazar, Potsdam, Germany
302. Nikos Valance, West Hartford, Ct. USA.
303. Niloufer Bhagwat, Vice President Indian Association of Lawyers, Mumbai, India
304. Ollie Jefferson, Attorney at law, Fort Worth
305. Osamu Niikura, Professor emeritus and Attorney at law, Tokyo, Japan
306. Patricia Handlin, Water Protector Legal Collective, Chicago, Illinois, USA
307. Patrick Goggins, Esq., Hollywood, Florida
308. Patrick McCann, Lake Worth, FL
309. Paul E. Merrell, J.D., Retired attorney, Springfield
310. Paul Kaufman, M.D., J.D., Atlanta, Georgia, USA
311. Peter Beattie, Woodville, VA, USA
312. Peter Craig MARTIN, Legal Translator & Court Interpreter (retired), Seattle, USA
313. Peter Frans Hoelandt, Private global citizen, South Africa
314. Peter Lipman, Bristol, UK
315. Phillip J. Crawford, Salinas, California, United States
316. Pierre Serge Heger, avocat, Independent lawyer, Bulle Switzerland
317. Pilar Noriega Garcia, México
318. Pooja Gehi, National Lawyers Guild, BROOKLYN
319. Professor Curtis FJ Doebbler, The Law Office of Dr Curtis FJ Doebbler, San Antonio, Texas, USA
320. Rachael Moshman, Washington, DC
321. Rachel Treichler, Law Office of Rachel Treichler, Hammondsport, NY
322. Raji Sourani, Executive Director, Palestinian Center for Human Rights,
323. Raymond Lahoud, Esquire, Partner and Chair, Immigration Law Group, Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States of America
324. Regina Gregory, Honolulu, Hawai’i
325. Renate Amesbauer, Women’s Federation for World Peace international NGO-ECOSOC, Wien, Austria
326. Dr. Holly Beaumont, Organizing Director, Interfaith Worker Justice – New Mexico, SANTA FE
327. Ria Julien, Mirer Mazzocchi & Julien, PLLC, New York, NY, USA
328. Ricardo F Raphael, Jacksonville Duval
329. Richard File-Muriel, Salud Integral, University of New Mexico, Associate Professor, Albuquerque
330. Richard L Giovanoni, Morton Grove, IL USA
331. Richard P. Koch, National Lawyers Guild, San Francisco, USA
332. Richard Wagner, Laguna Hills, United States
333. Richard Ward, USA
334. Rita Jacobs, Member State Bar of Michigan, Lansing, Michigan
335. Ritchie Eppink, Boise, Idaho, USA
336. Robert Cheasty, Cheasty, Cheasty & Malek, LLP, Albany, California
337. Robert Gold, Charlotte,NC
338. Rodney Saenz, Manor, Texas, U.S.A.
339. Ronald G. Isaac, National Conference of Black Lawyers, Silver Spring, MD, USA
340. Ronke Adeyemi, Partner, Ronke Adeyemi & Co, Ilorin
341. Rosemary Hnatiuk, Landmark, Manitoba
342. Rosie Hinnebusch, Sarasota
343. Rosie O’Malley, Chicago, Illinois
344. Rouzanna Paladin, Marina del rey
345. Ruth Santiago, Comite Dialogo Ambiental, Salinas, Puerto Rico
346. Ruzzel Morales, Climate Reality Leader / Mentee of Atty Antonio Oposa, NCR, Philippines
347. Ryan Bestford, GMIAU, Manchester, UK
348. Sally Frank, Professor of Law, Drake University, Des Moines
349. Samira Ben Ali, CAEN (France)
350. Sara Matlin, Redwood City, California, United States
351. Sarah Beth Cain, Knoxville, TN
352. Sarah McKee, Formerly General Counsel, Interpol U.S. National Central Bureau, Amherst, MA
353. Şerife Ceren Uysal, Vienna, Austria
354. Shan Khan, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Dallas, USA
355. Shirley Pate, Haiti Oye!, Washington, DC, U. S.
356. Sierra Rhodes, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, Tucson, AZ, USA
357. Sinnai Pedro, Tuscon, USA
358. Siobhan M Gilchrist, Atlanta
359. Siobhan Miller, Co-Facilitator, National Lawyers Guild, Maryland Chapter, Baltimore City, MD, USA
360. Siti Kasim, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
361. Solomon Yeo, Honiara, Solomon Islands
362. Stepan Wood, Professor, Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
363. Stéphan Corriveau, Executive Director, Community Housing Transformation Centre, Montreal, Canada
364. Stephen A. Justino, Denver, CO, USA
365. Stephen A. Justino, Denver, USA
366. Stephen Cheng, Valley Stream, USA
367. Stephen D Livingston, Chicago
368. Stephen Wasserman, Swampscott, Massachusetts
369. Steve Ellner, Associate Managing Editor of Latin American Perspectives, Gaithersburg, MD
370. Steven Goldberg, Retired Attorney, Portland, Oregon USA
371. Steven L. Varnis, Nee York, NY. USA
372. Stuart Russell (Professor, retired), International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL), Bordeaux France
373. Sue Udry, Executive Director, Defending Rights & Dissent, Washington, DC USA
374. Susan Scott, National Lawyers Guild, Inverness,
375. Sven Ahlen, Arlington
376. Tanya Smith, Kahuku, Hawaii
377. Taylor Macy, Tucson, AZ, USA
378. Tendai Chidochashe Mafuka, Director, Social Economic Action and Transformation for Humanity, Masvingo
379. Teodoro Manuel da Silva, Canoas/RS, Brasil
380. Thomas F. Baker, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Epidemiologist, Hamilton, Canada
381. Tim Crosland, Director, Plan B, London, UK
382. Toby Zimbalist, Lawyer, Phoenix AZ, USA
383. Tom Hennessey, Solicitor, London
384. Tom Rhule, Charleston Wv USA
385. Verena GRAF, International Federation For The Protection Of The Rights Of Ethnic, Religious, Linguistic & Other Minorities (IFPRERLOM), Geneva, Switzerland
386. Veronica Musa, Salta, Argentina
387. Victor B. Olson, Progressive Legal Solutions LLP, Winnipeg
388. Vivienne Simon, JD, Northampton, MA USA
389. VJ Furio, Yonkers- USA
390. Will Bourne, Brooklyn NY
391. Will Merrifield, WASHINGTON DC
392. William Louis Ryan, Public Defender, Kennett, MO, USA
393. William Reilly, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
394. Yevgenii Gerasymenko, President, Ukrainian Association of Democratic Lawyers , Kiev, Ukraine
395. Yolanda Rondon, New York, U.S.
396. Zachary Lown, Lown Law Firm, Boston