David Boies

United States Courts of Appeals: First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Federal, and District of Columbia Circuits

United States District Courts: Southern and Eastern District of New York and the District of Colorado

United States Court of International Trade

David Boies is the founder and Chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP and is widely regarded as one of the nation's preeminent trial lawyers. He has been named “Lawyer of the Year,” by the National Law Journal, runner-up for “Person of the Year,” by Time Magazine, and “Commercial Litigator of the Year” by Who’s Who. When Mr. Boies received the Milton Gould Award for Outstanding Oral Advocacy, the citation said in part, “No lawyer in America has tried and argued on appeal as many landmark cases in as many different areas as Mr. Boies.”

Among his current and recent work, Mr. Boies is lead counsel in defense of Maurice R. (“Hank”) Greenberg, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American International Group Inc., and the C.V. Starr companies in connection with criminal, civil and regulatory proceedings concerning the insurance industry. He obtained a favorable verdict as lead trial counsel on behalf of Lloyd’s of London and other insurers in a trial involving the availability of insurance relating to the World Trade Center attacks. He also currently represents American Express in an antitrust action against Visa, MasterCard, and several of their member banks seeking damages for anticompetitive practices that were declared unlawful in a suit brought by the United States Department of Justice.

Mr. Boies is perhaps best known for serving as lead counsel for former Vice-President Al Gore in connection with the litigation relating to the 2000 Presidential election and for serving as Special Trial Counsel for the United States Department of Justice in its successful antitrust suit against Microsoft. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Boies was counsel to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in its litigation to recover losses for failed savings and loan associations. Mr. Boies also served as Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the United States Senate Antitrust Subcommittee in 1978 and Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee in 1979.

Mr. Boies is the author of numerous publications including Courting Justice, published by Miramax in 2004, and Public Control of Business, published by Little Brown in 1977. He has taught courses at New York University Law School and Cardozo Law School.

Mr. Boies received an LL.D. from the University of Redlands, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the LD Access Foundation, the Outstanding Learning Disabled Achievers Award from the Lab School of Washington, D.C., and the William Brennan Award from the University of Virginia. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and a trustee of St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Medical Center and of Continuum Health Partners, Inc.

Selected Professional Awards and Associations

American Bar Association
American Bar Foundation
New York State Bar Association
New York City Bar Association
New York Bar Foundation
London Court of International Arbitration
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers
Board of Advisors, New Yok Lawyer Chapter, American Constitution Society for Law & Policy
National Advisory Committee, Masonic Learning Center
Board of Trustees, National Constitution Center
Trustee, St. Luke's/Roosevelt Medical Center
Trustee, Continuum Health Partners, Inc.
Honorary Board, National Association of Urban Debate Leagues

Selected Publications

Courting Justice (Miramax, 2004)

Public Control of Business (Little Brown, 1977)