Originally
established in New York,
Boies Schiller Flexner
is a firm with a reputation for
its creative and aggressive
efforts on behalf of
its clients.
With a significant
presence in the
Florida market and
with offices across the country and the world,
the firm’s commercial litigation
practice includes breach of contract, fraud, restructuring, securities, mergers, and many other statutory claims.
Sigrid McCawley is highly regarded for her trial acumen and leadership.
She is
one of the firm’s
managing partners
as well as co-administrative partner in the Fort Lauderdale office. Her experience includes complex commercial litigation disputes in high-stakes cases.
McCawley may be best known for her recent work
representing victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. She filed separate lawsuits accusing JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank of supporting Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking enterprise.
Both banks ultimately
settled,
securing a combined $365 million for
the victims.
McCawley also leads the team
in two lawsuits
filed against
Russell Simmons, co-founder of
Def Jam Recordings. In the first
lawsuit, under New York’s Adult Survivors Act,
Simmons is accused
of sexually assaulting
a former executive at Def Jam
in his Manhattan apartment in the 1990s.
The suit also is being filed under New York City’s Gender Motivated Violence Act, which created a two-year lookback window for sexual assault claims that expires in March 2025.
McCawley filed a second lawsuit against Simmons on behalf of another former music executive, Drew Dixon, for defamation.
In a recent interview, Simmons
accused Dixon of lying about the sexual abuse she suffered
for purposes of seeking fame.
Another of the firm’s Fort Lauderdale attorneys,
Stuart Singer,
is a multidisciplined litigator
whose experience includes antitrust, securities, energy, and
class action defense.
“Stuart Singer,” one peer says, “is an excellent attorney.”
On behalf of NextEra Energy, he was
the lead lawyer, obtaining an important commerce cause ruling that allowed companies to
compete for power transmission projects.
Singer is also on the team that
filed a suit on behalf of Panini America, a sports trading card company, against Fanatics for antitrust violations in the market for sports trading cards.
The suit alleges
that Fanatics engaged in anticompetitive conduct including signing exclusive deals with the NBA, NFL, and MLB, and poaching
more than 30
Panini America
employees. The case is ongoing.
