> **David Boies** (; born March 11, 1941) is an American lawyer and chairman of the law firm [[Boies Schiller Flexner]] LLP. 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, 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, tobacco companies, [Harvey Weinstein](Harvey%20Weinstein.md), and [[Epstein, Jeffrey]]'s victims including Virginia Roberts Giuffre. > > [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Boies)