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Boies Schiller Flexner People
Boies is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname *David Boies (born 1941), American lawyer * Horace Boies (1827–1923), American politician from Iowa * Jean-Christophe Boies, Canadian musician * Jean-Sébastien Boies, Canadian musician * Mary Boies, American lawyer and businesswoman * William Dayton Boies (1857–1932), American politician from Iowa Given name *Boies Penrose (1860–1921), American lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania * Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber (1830–1908), Canadian politician and businessman See also *Boies, Schiller & Flexner Boies Schiller Flexner LLP is an American law firm based in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 by David Boies and Jonathan D. Schiller, who were joined in 1999 by Donald L. Flexner, a former partner with Crowell & Moring. The firm has ..., American law firm founded by David Boies and Jonathan Schiller * Boie * Boyce (other) {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Boies
David Boies ( ; born March 11, 1941) is an American lawyer and chairman of the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner, 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. (2001), United States v. Microsoft Corp.'', his unsuccessful representation of Democratic Party (United States), 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 U.S. lawsuits, including Theranos, tobacco companies, Harvey Weinstein, and Jeffrey Epstein's victims including Virginia Roberts Giuffre. Early life and education Boies was born in Sycamore, Illinois, to two teachers, and raised in a rural, farming community. He has four siblings. His first job was when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Boies
Horace Boies (December 7, 1827 – April 4, 1923) served as the 14th Governor of Iowa from 1890 to 1894 as a member of the Democratic Party. Early Life Horace was born in Aurora, New York to Eber Boies, a farmer and veteran of the War of 1812, and Esther (Henshaw) Boies. When he turned 16 he started working as a farm laborer in the Wisconsin Territory. He moved back to New York in 1846, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1849, setting up practice in Hamburg. In 1846, he married Adella King. Together they had 3 children. Adella died a day after giving birth to their third child, Nellie. Boies remarried to Versalia M. Barber in 1858. They had another 3 children. Political Career He was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican in 1857. Boies moved to Waterloo, Iowa, in 1867 and opened a law office. His career was successful, and he purchased large amounts of farmland in the area. Boies left the Republican Party in 1880 due to their support of pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Christophe Boies
Projet Orange was a Quebecois musical band from Quebec City, Quebec. They performed britpop-inspired rock. Profile Formed in Quebec City by brothers Jean-Christophe and Jean-Sébastien Boies, ''Projet Orange'' played a britpop-like, catchy and flowing sound. Their success began when they won the Quebec musical contest L'Empire des futures stars. The name came from an early show of multiple groups in which the band was partook. It was required to enter the name of one's band on a sheet, where the names of the bands would be preceded by "Projet:" (Project:). After seeing the orange coat of a fellow member, one band player entered ''Orange'' next to the term and thus the name was born. In 2002, member Jean-Sébastien developed a blood disease, forcing the band to take a half-year hiatus and halt songwriting. The first album being entirely francophone, the second, in order to introduce the band to the English-speaking world (especially Canada), includes eleven pieces in Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Boies
Mary McInnis Boies (born Mary McInnis, formerly Schuman; born June 30, 1950) is an American attorney working as counsel to Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, where she specializes in antitrust and corporate commercial litigation. Mrs. Boies was a founding partner of the American law firm Boies & McInnis LLP. The law firm, established in 1988, specialized in antitrust and corporate commercial litigation. Early life and education Boies was born Mary McInnis in Newton, New Jersey, the daughter of Sara Louise 'Sally' (née Bollinger) and Norman Kenneth McInnis Jr. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and English from the University of Washington and a Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law. Career Boies began her legal career in 1975 when she won the annual fellowship to the staff of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. She worked on the early hearings relating to airline passenger and cargo deregulation. In 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dayton Boies
William Dayton Boies (January 3, 1857 – May 31, 1932) was a lawyer, trial-court judge and five-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 11th congressional district in northwestern Iowa. Born on a farm in Boone County, Illinois, Boies attended country schools and the public schools of Belvidere, Illinois. He moved with his parents to Buchanan County, Iowa, in 1873 and settled near the town of Quasqueton. He was graduated in law from the University of Iowa College of Law at Iowa City in 1880. He was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Sanborn, in O'Brien County, Iowa. He moved to nearby Sheldon, Iowa, in 1887, where he continued the practice of law. Boies was an unsuccessful candidate for election as judge of the district court in 1890. He served as member of the school board of the independent school district of Sheldon from 1900 to 1912. He was appointed judge of the district court of the fourth judicial district of Iowa on January 1, 1913. On a div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boies Penrose
Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an American politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who served as a Republican member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1921. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the Philadelphia County district in 1885. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 6th district in 1897 and as President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate from 1889 to 1891. Penrose was the fourth political boss of the Pennsylvania Republican political machine (known under his bossism as the Penrose machine), following Simon Cameron, Donald Cameron, and Matthew Quay. He was the most powerful political operative in Pennsylvania for 17 years, supported Warren Harding in his nomination for U.S. president, and added the oil depletion allowance into the Revenue Act of 1913 to benefit oil producers. Penrose was the longest-serving U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber
Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber (November 7, 1829 – June 18, 1908) was a Canadian politician and businessman. He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. The son of L.H. De Veber, he was educated in Saint John and entered his father's mercantile firm. De Veber married Elizabeth Isley in 1856. He was a director of the Bank of New Brunswick and the Rivière-du-Loop Railway. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada on December 1, 1873, as a Member of the Liberal Party of Canada to represent the riding of the City of St. John and re-elected on January 22, 1874, and defeated on September 17, 1878. He was a member of the Liberal Party caucus from December 1, 1873, to August 16, 1878. De Veber was also mayor of Saint John from 1885 to 1887 and served as treasurer for Saint John County Saint John County (2021 population: 76,558) is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The city of Saint John dominates the county. Elsewhere in the county, tourism is focused a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boies, Schiller & Flexner
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP is an American law firm based in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 by David Boies and Jonathan D. Schiller, who were joined in 1999 by Donald L. Flexner, a former partner with Crowell & Moring. The firm has become known for its involvement in high-profile litigation, having represented the Department of Justice in the antitrust lawsuit ''United States v. Microsoft'', as well as Vice President Gore in the Supreme Court case ''Bush v. Gore.'' More recently, Boies successfully challenged the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 in ''Perry v. Brown,'' and represented the National Football League in the antitrust litigation initiated by the players' union. The firm has drawn controversy for its aggressive tactics during representation of Harvey Weinstein amidst sexual abuse allegations and the now-defunct blood testing startup Theranos. Notable clients Among other high-profile clients, Boies Schiller has long represented film producer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boie
Boie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Friedrich Boie (1789–1870), German entomologist, herpetologist, ornithologist, and lawyer * Heinrich Boie Heinrich Boie (4 May 1794, Meldorf, Holstein – 4 September 1827, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia) was a German zoologist. He was the brother of Friedrich Boie. In the field of herpetology they described 49 new species of reptiles and several ne ... (1794–1827), German zoologist * Heinrich Christian Boie (1744–1806), German author * John Boie (born 1991), American wheelchair basketball player * Kirsten Boie (born 1950), German children's book author and activist * Margarete Boie (1880–1946), German writer See also * Boies, a surname and given name {{surname, Boie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
