David Boies

David Boies

Boies at the 2011 Time 100 gala
Born (1941-03-11) March 11, 1941
Sycamore, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater Northwestern University
Yale University
New York University
Occupation Lawyer
Employer Boies, Schiller & Flexner
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Mary Schuman

David Boies (born March 11, 1941) is an American lawyer and chairman of the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner.[1] He has been involved in various high-profile cases in the United States.

Early life and education

Boies was born in Sycamore, Illinois,[2] to two teachers, and raised in a farming community.[3] He has four siblings. His first job was when he was 10 years old—a paper route with 120 customers. Boies has dyslexia and he did not learn to read until the third grade.[4] Journalist Malcolm Gladwell has described the unique processes of reading and learning Boies experienced due to his dyslexia. Boies’s mother, for instance, would read stories to him when he was a child and Boies would memorize them because he could not follow the words on the page.[5] In 1954, the family moved to California. Boies graduated from Fullerton Union High School in Fullerton, California. Boies attended the University of Redlands, received a B.S. from Northwestern University in 1964, a law degree magna cum laude from Yale Law School in 1966 and an LL.M. from New York University School of Law 1967; he was awarded an hononary LL.D. from the University of Redlands in 2000. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, which is a museum dedicated to the U.S. Constitution.[6]

Professional history

Law firm

Boies was an attorney at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he started upon law school graduation in 1966 and became a partner in 1973. He left Cravath in 1997 after a major client objected to his representation of the New York Yankees even though the firm itself had found no conflict.[7] He left the firm within 48 hours of being informed of the client's objection and created his own firm, now known as Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP. It is currently rated 17th in "overall prestige" and 12th among New York law firms by Vault.com, a website on legal career information.

Government

Boies was also Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the United States Senate Antitrust Subcommittee in 1978, and served as Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee in 1979.

Academia

Boies has taught courses at New York University Law School and Cardozo School of Law.

Notable cases

Personal life

Boies owns a home in Westchester County, New York,[25] Hawk and Horse Vineyards in Northern California, an oceangoing yacht, and a large wine collection.[26]

Philanthropy

David and Mary Boies also fund the "Mary and David Boies Fellowships" for foreign students at the Harvard Kennedy School. The Boies give an annual picnic at their home for the incoming Teach for America corps for New York City (300–500 people). They support the Central European and Eurasian Law Institute (CEELI), a Prague-based institute that trains judges from newly democratized countries in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. There is a "Mary and David Boies Reading Room" at the CEELI Institute in Prague.

Awards and honors

Criticism

In his 2001 book, prosecutor and author Vincent Bugliosi criticized Boies' abilities as a trial lawyer, arguing that Boies "wasn't forceful or eloquent at all in making his points" in Bush v. Gore. "[A]lthough he seemed to have a very good grasp of the facts, he seemed completely incapable of drawing powerful, irresistible inferences from those facts that painted his opposition into a corner".[30]

References

Cites

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Books

Notes

  1. Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP. Corporate Website
  2. "David Boies profile". bsfllp.com. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  3. Newman, R.K. (2009). The Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law. Yale University Press. p. 57. ISBN 9780300113006. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  4. Zuckerman, Laurence (November 4, 2001). "Private Sector; For a Hardened Lawyer, A Tender Personal Moment". The New York Times. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
  5. Gladwell, Malcolm (2013). David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants. New York: Little, Brown and Company, p. 107.
  6. "National Constitution Center, Board of Trustees". National Constitution Center Web Site. National Constitution Center. July 26, 2010. Archived from the original on July 26, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
  7. "Why David Boies Left Cravath - Businessweek". businessweek.com. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  8. 1 2 Andrew Cockburn, "Gates of Hell" (review of Pride Before the Fall': The Trials of Bill Gates and the End of the Microsoft Era, by John Heileman), in Washington Monthly, March 2001, p. 53; Brendan I. Koerner, "Fatal Rrror," (review of World War 3.0: Microsoft and Its Enemies, by Ken Auletta), in Washington Monthly, March 2001, p. 54.
  9. 1 2 Tapper, Jake (November 19, 2000). "Boies vs. Olson". Salon. Retrieved April 27, 2009.
  10. Anderson, Jenny. "Insurer and Ex-Chief’s Firm Settle 18 Cases" The New York Times: 6 Dec 2006.
  11. Smythe, Christie. "How Boies Did It: Relentless Focus on the U.S. Unfairness to AIG". Bloomberg. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  12. The Wall Street Journal, June 26, 2008. wsj.com/law
  13. Boies, Schiller & Flexner Defends Michael Moore Against Federal Investigation into "Sicko"
  14. Williams, Carol J. (May 26, 2009). "Bush vs. Gore rivals challenge Prop. 8 in federal court". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  15. Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP, and the U.S. Government Settle $155 Million False Claims Act Case Against Medco Health Solutions. PharmaLive News
  16. Ibid.
  17. GGYC Statement – August 20, 2009
  18. Silverman, Billy (March 9, 2010). "Jamie McCourt Retains Famed Trial Lawyer David Boies". Huffington Post.
  19. Belson, Ken (November 14, 2011). "Lawyer for N.F.L. in Lockout Joins Players in N.B.A. Fight". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 14, 2011.
  20. Jury verdict: Android doesn't infringe Oracle's patents cnet.com Retrieved May 23, 2012.
  21. "Florida justices hear arguments in smoker's death | TBO.com, The Tampa Tribune and The Tampa Times". www2.tbo.com. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  22. "Exclusive: Erik Prince on Blackwater's Secret CIA Past - The Daily Beast". thedailybeast.com. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  23. Solomon, Steven Davidoff (2 February 2016). "David Boies's Duel Roles at Theranos Set Up Conflict". The New York Times' Dealbook. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  24. "Hawk and Horse Vineyards - David Boies". web.archive.org. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  25. "Get Me Boies!" TIME magazine
  26. "Ace attorney gives Tulane 'extraordinary' $1.5M gift"
  27. "Northern Westchester Hospital gets $5 million pledge from lawyer couple" The Journal News. 10-31-06
  28. "Person Of The Year 2009". Time. Archived from the original on June 21, 2007. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
  29. The Betrayal of America

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