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, The Antitrust Lawyer of the Year by the New York Bar Association, and "Commercial Litigator of the Year" by Who's Who.

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. In addition, 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.

Recent cases include Mr. Boies's successful representation of American Express in its Antitrust case against Visa and MasterCard in which American Express received a record-breaking $4 billion recovery, Mr. Boies's successful defense of Lloyd's of London in the World Trade Center insurance litigation, Mr. Boies's successful defense of NASCAR in Antitrust litigation charging NASCAR with monopolizing the market for championship auto racing, and the representation of Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg and the C.V. Starr Companies in connection with regulatory and civil litigations.

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 honorary LL.D. degrees from the University of Redlands, and from New York Law School, 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 York 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 and Presentations

Courting Justice (Miramax, 2004)

Public Control of Business (Little Brown, 1977)