The two giant lawyers Andrew will face
Andrew faces two US legal giants when he is questioned by accuser Virginia Giuffre’s lawyers next month
David Boies, 80, is regarded as one of the US’ most fearsome deposition-taker, and has taken part in major cases including Al Gore’s unsuccessful challenging of the 2000 presidential election, and his successful invalidating of California’s Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage.
He also led the prosecution of Microsoft by the US government that briefly saw the computing giant split up.
His services, which cost $2,000 an hour (£1,460), are highly sought-after, and he is seen as “peerless” in modern US justice, according to former federal prosecutor Mitchell Epner.
Sigrid McCawley has represented several of Epstein’s victims, starting in 2015, and has filed over six different cases against Epstein, his estate, and co-conspirators.
Her lawfirm, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has a policy that all sex-trafficking cases they take up are done on a pro-bono (free) basis.
She filed a case of defamation against Ghislaine Maxwell when she branded Giuffre a liar.