Our Litigator of the Week is Baker Botts partner Aaron Streett, who persuaded the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to nix a $123 million foreign judgment against his client, self-made billionaire John DeJoria.

As the appellate panel noted, “It is often harder to collect a judgment than win one.” Usually though, the problem is someone trying to dodge a legitimate obligation. This was the reverse.  

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