David Boies | |
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 Boies at the 2011 Time 100 gala | |
| Born | March 11, 1941 |
| 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[1][2][3] |
| Spouse(s) | Caryl Maniscalco[4] Mary Schuman |
David Boies (/bɔɪz/ BOYZ; born March 11, 1941) is an American lawyer and chairman of the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.[5][6] 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,[7] 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 US lawsuits, including Theranos,[8] tobacco companies, Harvey Weinstein, and Jeffrey Epstein's victims including Virginia Roberts Giuffre.
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- ^ Carreyrou 2018, p. 256-258.