David Boies
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Areas of Practice
Investigations / Corporate Governance
White-Collar /
Business Crimes
Education
New York University School of Law, LL.M., 1967
Yale Law School, LL.B., magna cum laude, 1966
Northwestern University, B.S., Phi Beta Kappa, 1964
Languages Spoken
French
Italian
Latin
Admissions
New York
United States Supreme Court
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
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 AssociationAmerican 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)
Related News
BS&F Represents The Weinstein Company in "Project Runway" Litigation (April 7, 2008)
Firm Report: January 2008 (Volume III, Issue 1) (01.22.2008)
Kentucky Judge grants Summary Judgment in favor of NASCAR in $1.2 billion Antitrust Suit (January 14, 2008)
BS&F $ 2.2 Billion Recovery for American Express Noted in American Lawyer's "Big Suits" Column (January 2008)
Hank Greenberg Sues Current AIG Directors and Management Over Unnecessary and Improper Restatement (06.20.2007)
Firm Defends Former AIG Chairman Greenberg (June 14, 2007)
Boies, Schiller & Flexner Defends Michael Moore Against Federal Investigation into "Sicko" (June 12, 2007)
BS&F Ranked as Leading Law Firm By Legal 500 (May 24, 2007)
Newswires Report That David Boies Assisting Michael Moore (May 13, 2007)
Firm Report: April 2007 (Vol. 2, Iss. 1) (04.01.2007)
The Law Dragon Leading Litigators: Boies, Schiller & Flexner Partners Receive Highest Ranking (2007)
Chambers USA: Boies, Schiller & Flexner partners named leaders in their fields (2007)
Second Circuit Upholds World Trade Center Insurance Verdicts (November 30, 2006)
Firm Report: November 2006 (Vol. 1, Iss. 3) (11.01.2006)
Firm Report: July 2006 (Vol. 1, Iss. 2) (07.01.2006)
Profiles in Power: David Boies recognized as one of the most influential lawyers in America (June 2006)
Firm Report: March 2006 (Vol. 1, Iss. 1) (03.01.2006)
Boies, Schiller & Flexner partners recognized as leading litigators (2006)
The Battle of the Titans: David Boies Squares-Off Against Elliot Spitzer (May 9, 2005)
Big-time Lawyer Boies to defend AIG's Chairman (May 4, 2005)
Boies Schiller & Flexner Represents Court TV In Attempt To End Ban on Cameras In Court (April 2005)
Mr. Cleanup: Ed Breen Scrubs The Scandal Out Of Tyco With The Help of David Boies (November 2004)
What Does $750 an Hour Get You? A Week In The Datebook Of David Boies (May 2003)
Why One Superlawyer Has A Hand In All The High-Profile Cases Of The Day (February 2001)
Lawyers of the Year: Teams Bush and Gore (January 2001)
David Boies named runner-up for Time's "Person of the Year" (December 2000)
Boies Takes The Lead On High-Risk, Important Cases (September 2000)
The Man Who Ate Microsoft (March 2000)
Vanity Fair's 1999 Hall of Fame (December 1999)
Government Service
Special Trial Counsel, United States Department of Justice, United States v. Microsoft, 1998-2000Counsel to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., 1991-1993
Chief Counsel and Staff Director, of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, 1979
Chief Counsel and Staff Director, United States Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, 1978





