Dean’s Roundtable with David Boies (LL.M. ’67), Chairman of Boies, Schiller and Flexner LLP, on Thursday, March 5, 2009
Regularly during the school year, the dean hosts roundtable discussions with prominent guests who have utilized their law degrees in a variety of nontraditional ways. Over lunch with a small group of students, guests speak autobiographically about their work experiences, sharing valuable insight about how they found their chosen path. Please note that the roundtables are informal and off-the-record.
David Boies (LL.M. ‘67), who will be the dean’s guest on Thursday, March 5, is the chairman of Boies, Schiller and Flexner LLP.
David served as chief counsel and staff director of the United States Senate Antitrust Subcommittee in 1978, and chief counsel and staff director of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee in 1979. From 1991 to 1993, David was counsel to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in its litigation to recover losses for failed savings and loan associations, and from 1998 to 2000, he served as special trial counsel for the United States Department of Justice in its antitrust suit against Microsoft. David also served as the lead counsel for former Vice President Al Gore in connection with litigation relating to the 2000 election’s Florida vote count. He has taught courses at NYU School of Law and Cardozo Law School. David is currently chairman of the law firm Boies, Schiller and Flexner LLP. The firm has offices in New York, Washington D.C., California, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, and New Jersey.
David is the recipient of honorary LL.D.s from the University of Redlands (2000) and New York Law School (2007). His awards include the Milton Gould Award for Outstanding Oral Advocacy, the Pinnacle Award from the International Dyslexia Association, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the LD Access Foundation, the Outstanding Learning Disabled Achievers Award from the Lab School of Washington, and the William Brennan Award from the University of Virginia (2000). He was named the Antitrust Lawyer of the Year by the New York Bar Association (2003); the Lawyer of the Year by the National Law Journal (1999 and 2000); and the Commercial Litigator of the Year by Who’s Who International (2005 and 2008).
David received a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University in 1964 and an LL.B. magna cum laude from Yale Law School in 1966. He received an LL.M. from NYU School of Law in 1967.
The dean’s roundtables are open to 18 interested NYU School of Law J.D. and graduate students. In order to achieve a representational mix of students, we will designate a proportionate number of seats to J.D. students and graduate students, respectively, to be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. The roundtables will begin at 12:30 p.m. in Snow Dining Room, on the fourth floor of Vanderbilt Hall. Lunch will be served. If you would like to attend a roundtable, please sign up in advance by calling Penelope Fernandes at (212) 998-6003 or by emailing her at penelope.fernandes@nyu.edu. Please indicate whether you are a J.D. or graduate student, and whether you have any dietary restrictions.
March 3rd 2009