Sigrid McCawley

Administrative Partner, Boies Schiller Flexner, Fort Lauderdale

With nearly 200 attorneys in the U.S., London and Italy, Boies Schiller Flexner regularly represents plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes matters. McCawley, based in Fort Lauderdale, serves as one of three BSF global managing partners. Her pro bono work contributed to the arrest of sexual predators Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and resulted in JPMorgan Chase agreeing to pay $290 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by Epstein’s victims. For more than a decade, McCawley has served on the board of directors for ChildNet, which manages the protection of more than 3,000 vulnerable children in South Florida.

EDUCATION: University of Florida (BA, JD)

READING: I recently sent some female executives a copy of Taking Up Space, written by Karen S. Lynch, the former CEO of CVS Health. It’s a great book about female leadership.

INSPIRING FLORIDIAN: Former U.S. District Judge Jose Gonzalez, Jr., who I clerked with at the Southern District of Florida was both incredibly smart and also very respectful and cordial to everyone present in the courtroom. He taught me so much about both the law and how to treat colleagues.

MOTIVATIONAL MANTRA: Give 100% every single day.