Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Environmental Litigation & Mass Torts

Peter Seley has represented clients handling foreign and domestic environmental matters for more than 25 years, and has been at the forefront of developing jurisprudence in mass tort litigation, environmental investigations, international environmental disputes, and the use of U.S. discovery mechanisms in foreign litigation.

One of Peter’s cases, featured in multiple articles in legal trade publications and on 60 Minutes, involved a fraudulently obtained $19 billion judgment against Chevron for alleged environmental damages associated with oil production in the Oriente region of Ecuador.  He led a team of Gibson Dunn attorneys in bringing more than 20 discovery actions in jurisdictions around the United States. Information developed during that discovery revealed that the Ecuadorian judgment was the product of fraud, and as a result, Chevron filed a civil RICO action in the Southern District of New York against the plaintiffs’ lawyers and co-conspirators involved in the Ecuador case and filed an international arbitration action against Ecuador.

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Vice Chair of the ABA SEER Committee on Environmental Litigation and Toxic Torts.  Recognized in the National Law Journal’s first edition of Energy & Environmental Trailblazers as one of the leading legal innovators on energy and environmental issues.

JD - Cornell University