David Boies is an American lawyer and chairman of the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.
12 Facts About David Boies
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David Boies was born in Sycamore, Illinois, to two teachers, and raised in a farming community.
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David Boies has dyslexia and he did not learn to read until the third grade.
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Journalist Malcolm Gladwell has described the unique processes of reading and learning David Boies experienced due to his dyslexia.
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David Boies's mother, for instance, would read stories to him when he was a child and David Boies would memorize them because he could not follow the words on the page.
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David Boies graduated from Fullerton Union High School in Fullerton, California.
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David Boies currently serves on the board of trustees of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, which is a museum dedicated to the US Constitution.
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David Boies left Cravath in 1997 when a major client objected to his representation of the New York Yankees even though the firm itself had found no conflict.
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David Boies' firm was representing The New York Times at the same time.
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David Boies served on the Theranos board of directors, raising questions about conflicts of interest.
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David Boies owns a home in Westchester County, New York, Hawk and Horse Vineyards in Northern California, an oceangoing yacht, and a large wine collection.
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David Boies is frequently described as having a photographic memory that enables him to recite exact text, page numbers, and legal exhibits.