Boies Schiller Keeps Finding the Spotlight, For Better or Worse

Boies Schiller Flexner has always held a certain cachet in Big Law, as much for the many cases that didn’t get a word in print as for the occasional one that spread its name.

Now, though, the firm seems to be everywhere. Its newest star turn came Monday, when it played a key role in the arrest of a lawyer whose name had become even more ubiquitous than its own lately.

Michael Avenatti, who previously represented adult-film star Stormy Daniels in her allegations against President Donald Trump, was arrested as he arrived at Boies Schiller’s Manhattan office on charges ...