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

Mr. Boies was born in Sycamore, Illinois on March 11, 1941. He attended the University of Redlands (1960-62), and received a B.S. from Northwestern University (1964), an LL.B., magna cum laude from Yale University (1966), and an LL.M. from New York University (1967).

Mr. Boies 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. In 1986, representing the Democratic National Committee, he won a permanent injunction against the Republican National Committee targeting minority districts with efforts to challenge voter qualifications. In 1991-1993, together with his partner Tom Barr, Mr. Boies was counsel to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, recovering $1.2 billion from companies who sold junk bonds to failed savings and loan associations. In 1998-2000 he served as Special Trial Counsel for the United States Department of Justice in its antitrust suit against Microsoft. Mr. Boies also served as the lead counsel for former Vice-President Al Gore in connection with litigation relating to the 2000 election Florida vote count. In 2004 he won a defense jury verdict for his client Lloyds of London in the World Trade Center insurance litigation.

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

Mr. Boies is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the New York Bar (1967), and the American Bar Association; a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; and a Trustee of the National Constitution Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center.

Mr. Boies is the recipient of honorary LL.D.s from the University of Redlands (2000) and New York Law School (2007). His awards include the Pinnacle Award from the International Dyslexia Association, the William Brennan Award from the University of Virginia, the Role Model Award from Equality Forum, the Access to Justice Award from the San Francisco Lawyers' Club, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Mississippi Center for Justice. Mr. Boies was named the Lawyer of the Year by the National Law Journal (1999 and 2000); runner-up Person of the Year by Time Magazine (2000); the Antitrust Lawyer of the Year by the New York Bar Association (2003); the Commercial Litigator of the Year by Who's Who International an unprecedented four times (including 2010); a Star Individual by Chambers USA (2010); and one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time Magazine (2010).

In 2008 Mr. Boies successfully defended NASCAR against antitrust charges and, with his partner Donald Flexner, collected a record $4.1 billion for their client American Express in its antitrust litigation against Visa and MasterCard. In 2009 Mr. Boies won a defense jury verdict for his client Starr International against a $4.3 billion claim by AIG, and represented the Golden Gate Yacht Club in its successful efforts to enjoin the America's Cup defender from disqualifying the Club's boat (which went on to win the Cup). In 2010 and 2011 Mr. Boies represented plaintiffs in California suing to enjoin the state's ban on gay marriage as violative of the federal constitution, and won a record $1.3 billion jury verdict for his client Oracle in a copyright infringement suit against SAP.

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 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 and Presentations

Courting Justice (Miramax, 2004)

Public Control of Business (Little Brown, 1977)