Big Move: Estrich Leaving Quinn Emanuel for Boies Schiller

Susan Estrich, a star litigator who has scored some firsts for women in politics and the law, will soon leave Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP to join Boies Schiller Flexner, where she’ll help lead the firm’s California practice.

Estrich has been elected to the firm’s partnership, Boies Schiller said. She’ll remain in Los Angeles where she’s been a partner at Quinn Emanuel.

“It’s the right time. For me, a new chapter and an opportunity to work with (David Boies), who I have respected since I worked with him in 1979, and who looks at practice and the profession as ...