David Boies

David Boies is among the best lawyers who are based in the United States. He is the chairman of a famous law firm, “Boies, Schiller & Flexner”.  He became a talk of the nation after he worked after three prominent cases, where he represented Al Gore, a presidential candidate, in the Bush versus Gore, the lawyer who was representing Microsoft in the United States versus Microsoft Corporation as well as Hollingsworth versus Perry Case. He has been able to defend various high profile companies as well as personalities such as cigarette companies, Theranos and many others.

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Biography and Early Life

He was born in Sycamore, Illinois in 1941 on March 11 in the farming community. Both of his parents were teachers. David had a condition, dyslexia, and he had a problem when it came to write or even read. His mother took her time after school to read him stories. Because he was unable to follow the words which were in the book, he used to memorize them.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is David Boies in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, David Boies’s age is 80 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 11 March 1941. Though, he is 5′ 6″ in feet and inches and 172 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 172 lbs in Pound and 78 kg in Kilograms.

Education

When he was aged 13 years, together with his family, they relocated to California, where he was able to attend Fullerton Union High School. He was able to earn a degree in the year 1964 from Northwestern University. In 1966, he went on to earn a J.D Degree from the Yale University, and in 1967, he earned a degree in Law from the New York University. He was awarded by the University of Redlands an honorary LL.D.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

David has been in marriage three times. The first time he got married was to Judith Daynard. After they stayed together for several years, they divorced and went separate ways. In 1959, he got married to Caryl Elwell, and after a period of 4 years of being together, they went separate ways. In 1982, he got married to Mary. He has six children; David Boies III, Mary Regency Boies, Christopher Boies, Caryl Boies, Alexander Boies, and Jonathan Boies.

Is David Boies Gay?

David Boies is not gay. He has been married three times. In addition, he has three children.

Professional Career

He began his profession as an attorney at the Cravath, Swaine as well as Moore in the year 1966. He rose to become a partner of a law firm in the year 1973. After a period of four years, he departed from Cravath when one of the key clients went on to object to his representation for New York Yankees.

After he left this firm, he went on to create his law firm which was known as ‘Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP’. He has worked with some of the biggest multinational. Some of them include; Microsoft Corporation and CBS. In the year 2000, he represented Vice President Al Gore in a case of Bush versus Gore. He was able to settle on behalf of the American Express for the agreement which was valued at $2.25 billion from Visa as well as $1.8 billion from the MasterCard.

He has represented Michael Moore in the case with regard to the Treasury Department during the shooting for the film in Cuba. He went on to represent Jamie McCourt in the divorce with the husband. He became part of the legal minds which was representing the National Football League in a case of Brady versus the NFL.

Awards

Boies has been named by Time magazine lawyer of the Year’ in the year 2000. He occupies a state chair at the Redlands University. To honour him, the University of Pennsylvania.  Thomas Sugrue currently holds a “David Boies Professor” at the University of Pennsylvania. He does fund the ‘Fellowships of Mary and David Boies’ for the Harvard Kennedy School students.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of David Boies in 2021

As of 2021, David Boies has a net worth of over $25 million. He has been able to create his wealth through his very successful career as a lawyer as well as long-serving chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner firm. He has been chosen to represent some of the most famous multinational companies as well as personalities. Some of the multinationals, as well as personalities that he has represented, include Oracle Corporation, Harvey Weinstein, Golden Gate Yacht Club, CBS network and Michael Moore.

His firm has been crucial in helping the United States government to get a settlement of $155 million from Medco Health Solutions. He is very charitable, and he donates an essential portion of his wealth. He did donate $1.5 million to Tulane University Law School as well as $5 million to the Northern Westchester Hospital and others.

He is among the best  lawyers in the world. He does support various non-governmental organizations, including Eurasian Law Institute and Central European as well as Mary and David Boies Fellowships and very many more.