David Boies
American lawyer and chairman
David Boies (/bɔɪz/ BOYZ; born March 11, 1941) is an American lawyer. He is the chairman of the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.[3][4]
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| 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] |
| Spouse(s) | Caryl Maniscalco[2] Mary Schuman |
Boies became well known for his role in 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,[5] and for successful representation of the plaintiff in Hollingsworth v. Perry, which invalidated California Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage.
References
change- ↑ Carreyrou 2018, p. 279, 292.
- ↑ "Caryl Louise Maniscalco". Sonoma West Publishers. Archived from the original on July 29, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ↑ Carreyrou 2018, p. 134-135.
- ↑ "Boies Schiller Flexner". Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.
- ↑ "David Boies Biography and Interview". www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.
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