Handelsman has played a leading role in some of Binder & Schwartz’s highest-profile cases. “A diversity of perspectives helps shape our case strategy and makes our work better.”
“One thing about Binder & Schwartz is that our lawyers have different experiences and different backgrounds,” Handelsman says. It is one of the rare firms that often appear in court with a team predominately consisting of women litigators. With Handelsman’s promotion, half of the partners and five of the firm’s seven associates are women. Since its launch five years ago, Binder & Schwartz has grown to 11 lawyers, including four partners. The firm has not hired junior associates, instead preferring to hire experienced lawyers from top firms and the government. Fisher, joined the firm as its third partner a couple years later.) (A former colleague of Binder and Schwartz, Eric B. She found those qualities at Binder & Schwartz, which was founded by two former assistant US Attorneys for the Southern District of New York: Neil S. I was also attracted to the idea of being part of something brand new.” “Ultimately I wanted to focus on practicing law with smaller teams. “I wanted to spend more time directly involved in developing and executing the litigation strategies for my cases and less time managing large teams,” she says.
The move from a 1,000+ lawyer firm to a law firm with just four other lawyers at the time of her hire was an intentional one, according to Handelsman. She joined the firm in October of that year from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. She is the first associate to be named partner since the firm opened its doors in April 2013. Elite litigation boutique Binder & Schwartz has promoted Lauren K.
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