Sigrid McCawley

Sigrid McCawley is an American attorney who is known for representing victims of Jeffrey Epstein such as Virginia Giuffre and others in several civil cases against their abusers. McCawley is one of the co-managing partners of Boies Schiller Flexner, a firm where she has worked for more than 20 years. As part of the firm, she has represented clients in several notable cases including class action suits against Amway and Halliburton. Before joining Boies Schiller Flexner, McCawley practiced law in Washington, D.C., with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and clerked for U.S. District Judge Jose Gonzalez Jr. in the Southern District of Florida.

Early life and education Sigrid McCawley was born in Upstate New York. She attended the University of Florida, where she graduated in 1994 with a B.A. in history. In 1997, she graduated with a J.D from the University of Florida's Levin College of Law.

Career After law school, McCawley had a clerkship with Judge Jose Gonzalez Jr. at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. In 1999, McCawley joined Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Washington, D.C. a firm based in New York City and led by David Boies who was establishing operations in South Florida. As this was a small office, McCawley was often given the opportunity to represent the firm's large clients, companies such as Del Monte Foods and Carnival Cruise Line. McCawley was assigned to take on the case because of her experience volunteering with abuse victims in the foster care system. McCawley was not the first to represent Giuffre but the case against Maxwell, who is also accused of recruiting minors for Epstein and others, brought new attention to the case. The firm decided to file for defamation because the statute of limitations for criminal charges had expired.

In December 2019, McCawley became an equity partner at Boies Schiller Flexner. By this point, she had been representing the victims in the Jeffrey Epstein case pro bono for the past five and half years, including directly representing eight women and as co-counsel for three others. The unsealed transcripts led to criminal charges being filed against Maxwell. In December 2020, McCawley was appointed one of three co-managing partners at Boies Schiller Flexner.

After filing a civil sex assault case against Prince Andrew in which he was scheduled to be deposed in March 2022, the BBC wrote in February 2022 that McCawley "is considered one of America's lead attorneys for sexual abuse cases". For her work representing victims of sexual abuse, McCawley was chosen as a finalist for The American Lawyer Attorney of the Year.

Personal life McCawley is married to Daniel McCawley, a real estate attorney who is a partner with Fort Lauderdale based law firm, Greenberg Traurig. They have four children.