Sigrid is a Managing Partner of Boies Schiller Flexner, where she helps oversee the work of attorneys throughout the firm. She has been named Litigator of the Year by The American Lawyer and Lawyer of the Year Finalist by The American Lawyer, Top Ten Female Litigator from 2020-2023 by Benchmark Litigation, Finalist for Attorney of the Year in Florida and Most Effective Lawyer in Arbitration by Daily Business Review, a Leading Lawyer in America by Lawdragon, and a Thought Leader 2021 by Corporate Counsel. Sigrid has made appearances on Netflix, Lifetime, 60 Minutes, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and Fox, and her work has been featured in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. With over 20 years of experience litigating some of the most sophisticated commercial litigation disputes in the country and abroad, Sigrid’s advocacy for clients has received high acclaim. Forbes wrote of Sigrid’s deposition skills: “With ironclad interrogation skills, McCawley won the day hands-down…As a legal performance, McCawley on this day should be taught.”
Sigrid’s sophisticated commercial practice is far-reaching and ranges from recently securing dismissal of Justin Baldoni’s $400 million defamation suit related to the film starring Blake Lively “It Ends With Us,” fully vindicating clients, to achieving a $100 million victory in a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court twice in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund.
Sigrid has been a leader in the legal fight on behalf of victims of sex predator Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators. Her pro bono work contributed to the arrest of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Jean Luc Brunel and resulted in a successful resolution of claims for numerous Epstein victims she represents. Recently, Sigrid helped recover $365 million in a class action for Epstein victims against two major financial institutions.
