I Love It When Lawyers Get Arrested For Domestic Violence

Eureka CA

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Boies Schiller Flexner partner Joshua Schiller—son of firm co-founder Jonathan Schiller—was arrested Thursday for alleged domestic violence in Ross, California, where he and his wife Melissa Siebel Schiller have a home, the Ross Police Department confirmed Friday. This morning, American Lawyer reported that Joshua Schiller, son of Boies Schiller’s Jonathan Schiller, was arrested in Ross, California, last night on a domestic violence charge. That said, Schiller’s attorney is confident that the charges will be dropped quickly. “I fully expect the charges to be dropped. This was a misunderstanding. There was no instance of domestic violence,” Joshua Schiller’s attorney, California-based defense attorney Douglas Horngrad said in a statement. (Translation: He hit the bitch. She called the police. Now the lying starts.) Horngrad also provided a joint statement from Joshua and Melissa Siebel Schiller: “This is a private matter between us. We love and respect each other. We are partners and will move beyond this together.” (Translation: "We beat each other like drums. Doesn't everybody?" Wifey is maneuvering to see what she'll get out of it, while looking for a lawyer to be her mouthpiece.) Still, it’s another unfortunate headline for a firm in the midst of an organizational shakeup that’s seen mass departures as it sets a new direction after years of expansion. Schiller is serving as West Coast administrative partner as the firm’s California operations were curtailed over the last year. (Translation: Everyone who wasn't related to Schiller was terminated.) Business Insider reported that Schiller was removed from a matter in 2017 based upon “inappropriate comments” to an associate, but this is the first such (officially recorded) domestic violence incident. When reached for comment, the firm said: The Firm has been made aware of recent events related to our partner, Josh Schiller. While we have been informed by him and his wife that this was a misunderstanding, the firm will be conducting its own review to better understand what happened. While that review is ongoing, Josh has asked for a leave of absence to focus on his family, and we have agreed to give him this time. (Translation: The boss' son gets time off whenever he wants.... Anyone else would have been immediately terminated, without cause, as an at-will employee... but he gets a special discount, because his daddy owns the company.)