David Boies (born March 11, 1941) is an American lawyer and chairman of the Boies law firm, Schiller & amp; Flexner. He has been involved in numerous high profile cases in the United States, including United States v. Microsoft Corp. , Bush v. Gore , Hollingsworth v. Perry , and Harvey Weinstein's defense of sexual harassment charges.
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Boies was born in Sycamore, Illinois, to two teachers, and grew up in an agricultural community. He has four siblings. His first job was when he was 10 years old - a paper route with 120 customers. Boies suffers from dyslexia and she does not learn to read until the third grade. Journalist Malcolm Gladwell has described the unique process of reading and learning Boies are experienced because of their dyslexia. Mrs. Boies, for example, will read the story to her when she was a kid and Boies will memorize it because she can not follow the words on the page. In 1954, the family moved to California. Boies graduated from Fullerton Union High School in Fullerton, California. Boies attended the University of Redlands from 1960 to 1962, receiving a B.S. degree from Northwestern University in 1964, a J.D. magna cum laude from Yale Law School in 1966 and LL.M. degree from New York University School of Law 1967; he was awarded the honorary title of LL.D. from the University of Redlands in 2000. He currently serves on the Supervisory Board of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, which is a museum dedicated to the US Constitution.
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Professional history
Legal firm
Boies is a lawyer at Cravath, Swaine & amp; Moore, where he started his law school graduation in 1966 and became a partner in 1973. He left Cravath in 1997 when a major client objected to his representatives from the New York Yankees even though the company itself did not find any conflict. He left the company within 48 hours of being notified of client objections and creating his own company, now known as Boies, Schillers & amp; Flexner LLP. Currently rated 17 in "overall prestige" and 12 among New York law firms by Vault.com, a website on legal career information.
Academics
In his 2001 book, prosecutor and author Vincent Bugliosi criticized Boies' ability as a court lawyer, arguing that Boies "are not strong or fluent at all in making their point" in Bush v. Gore . "[A] Though he seems to have a very good grasp of the facts, he seems completely incapable of drawing a strong, unbearable conclusion from the facts that paint the opposition into a corner".
By 2017, the Boies company is reportedly directing the Black Cube private intelligence company to spy on alleged Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment victims and to journalists investigating Weinstein's actions. For a year, Weinstein has the Black Cube and other agencies "" target, "or gather information about, dozens of individuals, and craft psychological profiles that are sometimes focused on their personal or sexual history." A few days later, The New York Times announced it had "ended its relationship" with the Boies company.
According to The Wall Street Journal , Boies negotiated Harvey Weinstein's contract without telling Director Weinstein Co. he has an investment in the film company.
Personal life
Boies has homes in Westchester County, New York, Hawk and Horse Vineyards in Northern California, oceangoing cruises, and a large wine collection.
Boies are dyslexic. He is often depicted as having a photographic memory that allows him to read proper texts, page numbers, and legal exhibitions. His associates attributed his success in the courtroom in part to this ability.
Philanthropy
- Professorial chairs:
- Daryl Levinson is "David Boies Professor of Law" at New York University School of Law.
- $ 1.5 million for Tulane University Law School to establish "David Boies Distinguished Chair in Law." Two Boies children got a law degree at Tulane.
- A "David Boies Professor" was founded at the University of Pennsylvania and is currently held by Professor of History and Sociology of Thomas Sugrue. Professorship is named after the father of David Boies, a high school teacher in economics and government.
- A "David Boies Chair" at Yale Law School was previously held by Professor Robert Post before he became dean of law school.
- David and Mary Boies awarded seats in government at the University of Redlands, a campus attended by David Boies. Arthur Svenson currently holds this chair.
- Mary and David Boies also awarded "Maurice Greenberg's Chair" at Yale Law School.
- David Boies and his wife, Mary, donated $ 5 million to North Westchester Hospital, in Mount Kisco, New York. As part of an ongoing capital campaign, Boies money is used to build a new hospital emergency room.
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