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.
Louisiana
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.
Veronica
Moyé of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s
Dallas office serves as
co-chair the global litigation practice while
maintaining her status as an active,
premier, multi-disciplined litigator, as well as among the nation’s most potent trial forces.
Equipped with an ever-dynamic arsenal of
experience in all areas of litigation,
Moyé undertakes matters of
complexity and scale
across a broad
diversity of specialties, including
representation
on antitrust & competition, class action, and intellectual property matters.
Moyé has duly garnered recognition
for her
lead role in securing
a landmark victory on behalf of Apple in
the high-exposure
antitrust dispute brought by Epic Games alleging,
among other claims,
that Apple
engaged in
monopolist business practices and unfair competition in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of
the Sherman
Act.
In addition, obtained more praise for defending Merck in class and direct purchaser
disputes alleging that the settlement in a patent infringement matter included unlawful agreements not to compete and a conspiracy to delay generic entry.
Distinguished for her prowess in appellate litigation
Allyson Ho
has
debuted on the Top 250 Women in Litigation this year. Although based in Dallas, Ho’s nationwide practice services clients in courts of appeals throughout the US. She also serves as the co-chair of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s appellate and constitutional law practice group.
Her expertise in appellate litigation led to a significant victory for Visa that
reversed an adverse decision from the district court. The appellate court instead found that Visa’s program challenged by the plaintiffs was lawful and enforceable, and additionally revived the client’s fraud counterclaim against Sally Beauty.
Ho continues to defend the case before the Texas Supreme Court.
Co-founding partner of top plaintiffs’ firm Reid Collins & Tsai,
Lisa
Tsai
is a widely regarded and respected trial lawyer
with an eclectic record
of high-stakes cases.
Her leadership as co-founder has developed a top-tier team that has risen to serve clients nationally.
Outside of the firm, she is a leader and mentor to women and lawyers of Asian-Pacific American ethnicity.
In her practice,
she was co-lead partner
representing Claymore Holdings in its lawsuit long-running lawsuit against Credit Suisse. The case, arising from
a fraudulent appraisal that overvalued a Las Vegas development project, alleges that the bank conspired with a CBRE appraiser, inducing Tsai’s client to invest over $250 million. The Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed a critical fraud judgment ruling that awarded over $121 million to the client.
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.
