David Boies
David Boies | |
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Boies in 2011 | |
| Born | March 11, 1941 Sycamore, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | University of Redlands Northwestern University (BS) Yale University (JD) New York University (LLM) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Employer | Boies, Schiller & Flexner |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Board member of | Theranos |
| Spouse(s) | Caryl Maniscalco Mary Schuman |
David Boies (/bɔɪz/ BOYZ; born March 11, 1941) is an American lawyer and chairman of the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP. Boies rose to national prominence for three major cases: leading the U.S. federal government's successful prosecution of Microsoft in United States v. Microsoft Corp., his unsuccessful representation of Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore in Bush v. Gore, and for successful representation of the plaintiff in Hollingsworth v. Perry, which invalidated California Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage. Boies has also represented various clients in U.S. lawsuits, including Theranos, tobacco companies, Harvey Weinstein, and Jeffrey Epstein's victims including Virginia Roberts Giuffre.