Star Litigator David Boies Will Step Down From Helm of Firm (1)

Star litigator David Boies will step down from the chairmanship of Boies Schiller Flexner at the end of next year, with managing partners Sigrid McCawley and Matthew Schwartz considered two of the front-runners to succeed him.

The next leader, whoever it is, faces the difficult task of steering a firm whose founder has been the face of the business for decades and which has seen its revenue and head count decline dramatically with a wave of partner exits.

David Boies

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Co-founded with Jonathan Schiller in 1997, Boies Schiller grew into a litigation powerhouse in the ensuing decades. Boies’s career spans his ...