The potentially historic Deepwater Horizon trial is scheduled to start Monday and Donald Goldwin is right in the middle of it. “This case is unprecedented, both in terms of the size of the litigation and the amount of money at stake,” says Godwin, who is lead lawyer for Halliburton. “Damages could exceed $70 billion. I’ve never seen anything like it. Nobody has.” But don’t expect Godwin to settle: “I’m here to win.”
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