Congress Probing Lawyer Repping Deep Blue County In $51,000,000,000 Climate Suit

Congress opened an investigation into the lead attorney’s conflict of interest representing Multnomah County in its climate lawsuit against Chevron.

Roger Worthington, lead attorney representing heavily Democratic Multnomah County in its $51 billion climate lawsuit against major oil companies, appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for a closed-door hearing. Judiciary Committee documents accuse Worthington of failing to disclose his involvement in two studies published in Nature magazine as well as an op-ed published in a local Oregon news outlet.

Judiciary Committee documents accuse Worthington of failing to disclose his involvement in two studies published in Nature magazine and also an op-ed published in a local Oregon news outlet.

“As we argued at the hearing in Portland last month, this case should be dismissed because it asserts claims that are far beyond the reach of state tort law as they are based on interstate and global emissions and barred by the federal constitution and Clean Air Act,” Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP, counsel for Chevron Corporation told the DCNF.

Worthington, The House Judiciary committee, and Rep. Issa’s spokesperson did not respond to immediate comment.

“And the U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear argument on these very issues in the Boulder case, which could have direct implications on all the climate lawsuits, including in Multnomah County,” Boutrous concluded.

The Boulder County and City of Boulder’s 2018 lawsuit against Suncor Energy, sought damages over the company’s alleged role in climate change. The case eventually made its way to the Supreme Court who agreed to hear it in February.

“Lead counsel for Plaintiff—Roger Worthington—has failed to affirmatively disclose to the Court that he has supported or otherwise influenced at least two climate change studies, published in