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David Boies

Born March 11, 1941 (1941-03-11) (age 67)
Marengo, Illinois
Occupation Attorney
Spouse Mary McInnis Boies

David Boies (born March 11, 1941) is a lawyer and Chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP [1]. Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marengo is a city in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. An attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person He has been involved in various high-profile cases in the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

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Upbringing and education

Both his parents were teachers and he was born in Marengo, Illinois as were three of his four siblings. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. His first job was when he was 10 years old - a paper route with 120 customers. Boies suffers from dyslexia and did not learn to read until the third grade. Dyslexia is considered to be a Learning disability. It manifests primarily as a difficulty with written language particularly with Reading and Spelling [2] In 1954 the family moved to California. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Boies graduated from Fullerton Union High School in Fullerton, California. Fullerton is a City located in northern Orange County, California, United States. Boies attended the University of Redlands, and studied law at Northwestern and Yale universities. The University of Redlands is a private liberal arts and sciences university located in Redlands California. The Northwestern University School of Law is a private American Law school in Chicago Illinois. He received a B. S. from Northwestern in 1964, an LL. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. B. magna cum laude from Yale in 1966 and an LL. Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an Academic degree was earned Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. M. from New York University 1967; he was awarded an LL. New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. D. from the University of Redlands in 2000. The University of Redlands is a private liberal arts and sciences university located in Redlands California. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the National Constitution Center [1] in Philadelphia, a museum dedicated to the U. S. Constitution.

Personal life

He has been married three times. He married his first wife — his high school sweetheart — just prior to enrolling at Redlands. While at Redlands he also taught journalism at a local mental hospital. He was the president of the campus Young Republicans. The oldest Young Republican club in the country is the New York Young Republican Club in New York City. While studying law at Northwestern he conducted an affair with the wife of one of his professors, leading to his banishment from the campus. The woman, Judith Fillman, later became his second wife. He met his third wife Mary McInnis — a lawyer — while she was on the White House staff in the late '70s. See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence Boies was then on a sabbatical from Cravath while working with the U.S. Senate Antitrust Subcommittee. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives He had been divorced from his second wife for over five years. They have between them two children. One of Boies's sons is also named David.

Boies owns a home at Westchester County, New York, a restaurant in Northern California, an oceangoing yacht and a large wine collection. Westchester County is a primarily Suburban county located in the U New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous [3]

Professional history

Law firm

Boies, Schiller & Flexner headquarters in Armonk, New York
Boies, Schiller & Flexner headquarters in Armonk, New York

Boies was a highly successful attorney at Cravath, Swaine & Moore for many years. Armonk is a census-designated place (CDP located in the town of North Castle in Westchester County New York. Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP (“Cravath” is a prominent American Law firm based in New York City, United States with an additional office in London He left Cravath over a conflict of interests in 1997, regarding the Major League Baseball case (below). He left the firm within 48 hours of being informed of the conflict and created his own firm, now known as Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP.

Government

Boies was also Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the United States Senate Antitrust Subcommittee in 1978, and served as Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee in 1979.

Academia

Boies has taught courses at New York University Law School and Cardozo School of Law. New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. The Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law is the law school of Yeshiva University, located in the New York City borough of Manhattan.

Notable cases

Philanthropy

Quotes

--fellow lawyer Fred Furth on the Sotheby's and Christie's price fixing class-action lawsuit. Sotheby's ( is the world's second oldest Auction house in continuous operation (the oldest being Stockholms Auktionsverk founded in 1674 Christie's is a leading art business and a fine arts Auction house Price fixing is an agreement between business competitors to sell the same product or service at the same price In Law, a class action or a representative action is a form of Lawsuit where a large group of people collectively bring a claim to court [5]

Recent headlines

Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP recently assisted the government in obtaining a $155 Million settlement from Medco Health Solutions related to a qui tam complaint which alleged that Medco, "systematically and intentionally switched patients' prescriptions in an effort to increase the market share for certain pharmaceutical manufacturers, and thereby increased hidden rebate payments it received from pharmaceutical manufacturers. In Common law, a writ of qui tam is a Writ whereby a private individual who assists a Prosecution can receive all or part of any penalty imposed "[6] In response to the settlement, Mr. Boies said, "I am very happy that lawyers from Boies, Schiller & Flexner were able to contribute to the litigation and settlement of this qui tam case, which will result in important changes in the way pharmacy managers do business by increasing their level of accountability to their patients. We are also very happy we could help the government recover the money it was erroneously billed by Medco, and that Medco agreed to execute a Corporate Integrity Agreement which will govern their conduct in the future. "[7]

According to the New York Times, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP. recently negotiated a major settlement with The American International Group on behalf of its client, C. V. Starr, a firm controlled by Maurice R. Greenberg, the former chairman and chief executive of A. I. G. [8]

Boies was portrayed by actor Ed Begley Jr. in the 2008 film Recount (film). Edward James Begley Jr (born September 16, 1949) is an American Actor, Game show Panelist and Environmentalist Recount is an Emmy Award winning 2008 made-for-TV movie about the 2000 Presidential election in the United States.

Awards and honors

Time Magazine named Boies "Lawyer of the Year" in 2000. [9] This was as runner-up to George W. Bush as "Man of the Year. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. "

Criticism

In his 2001 book, prosecutor and author Vincent Bugliosi criticized Boies' abilities as a trial lawyer, arguing that Boies "wasn't forceful or eloquent at all in making his points" in Bush v. Vincent Bugliosi (ˌbuːliˈoʊsi with a silent g (born August 18, 1934, in Hibbing Minnesota) is an American Attorney and Gore. "[A]lthough he seemed to have a very good grasp of the facts, he seemed completely incapable of drawing powerful, irresistible inferences from those facts that painted his opposition into a corner". [10]

See also

References

Cites

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP Corporate Website
  2. ^ Private Sector; For a Hardened Lawyer, A Tender Personal Moment - New York Times
  3. ^ "Get Me Boies!" TIME magazine
  4. ^ "Northern Westchester Hospital gets $5 million pledge from lawyer couple" The Journal News. 10-31-06
  5. ^ Courting Justice, p. 352
  6. ^ Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP, and the U.S. Government Settle $155 Million False Claims Act Case Against Medco Health Solutions. PharmaLive News
  7. ^ Ibid.
  8. ^ Anderson, Jenny. "Insurer and Ex-Chief’s Firm Settle 18 Cases" The New York Times: 6 Dec 2006.
  9. ^ Vladimir Putin - Person of the Year 2007 - TIME
  10. ^ The Betrayal of America
Persondata
NAME Boies, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Attorney
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Marengo, Illinois
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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The Betrayal of America is a book by Vincent Bugliosi (Thunder's Mouth Press 2001 ISBN 1-56025-355-X which is largely based on an article he wrote for An attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marengo is a city in McHenry County, Illinois, United States.
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