Top 250 - South
BOIES SCHILLER & FLEXNER
Sigrid McCawley serves as managing partner of Boies Schiller Flexner’s Florida office. McCawley’s name has regularly appeared in recent years due to her high-profile and high-stakes commercial litigation work. She has been a trusted leader in the legal battles aimed at disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators on behalf of his victims of sexual abuse and trafficking. She recently represented Virginia Giuffre in her lawsuit alleging sexual abuse against Prince Andrew, which was settled out of court in January 2022.
FISHMAN HAYGOOD
A leader in the commercial
sphere,
Lori Mince
of Fishman Haygood
is widely recognized for her work on
media law and tax
litigation
expertise
n.
She is currently leading settlement discussions on behalf
of Louisiana Children’s Medical Center in a matter brought upon by six neighbors of the LCMC Health subsidiary in a putative class action. The claim alleges,
inter alia, that the hospital's newly relocated helistop
constitutes a nuisance under Louisiana law.
Following
Mince’s success in defeating
the plaintiff’s efforts to secure state court
jurisdiction and striking the class allegations, the plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed the class and agreed to pursue a settlement. In the tax space, Mince represents the Department of Revenue in seven cases filed by RJ Reynolds and affiliates in a challenge to the assessments issued against the plaintiffs.
HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH
Richmond-based commercial litigator Cassandra Collins of Hunton Andrews Kurth specializes in energy and construction litigation and serves as co-lead of the firm’s practice group. Her specialization allows her to provide clients with industry expertise and business-focus that minimizes representation costs for clients enduring complex litigation.Part of Collins’ effectiveness as a litigator is her ability to obtain settlements for clients that are critical to her clients’ businesses.
REID COLLINS & TSAI
Lisa Tsai is the managing partner of maverick boutique Reid Collins & Tsai as well as remaining committed to a full-time trial practice. Tsai was lead counsel for a partner and co-founder of private-equity entity Emerald Lake Capital Management who alleges that the entity and other individuals engaged in a bad-faith scheme to confiscate the client's valuable partnership interest and carried interest grants, and also made false and defamatory statements to Emerald Lake investors.
