I win virtually every case I should win, and I win a number of cases that people think I shouldn't. David Boies casenumbpeople Change image and share on social
In any profession, whether it's teachers or doctors or lawyers, the more we say we're not going to evaluate those people on the merits, I think that's when the profession goes into decline. David Boies declinedoctorevaluate Change image and share on social
You never know when you lose a case whether it was because the facts were against you, or because the judges had already made up their minds, or if you could have done something differently. David Boies casedifferentlyfact Change image and share on social
A trial is a powerful vehicle to explain things. It is the most time that anybody spends really thinking about one thing. Unless you are the analyst on the National Security staff that's assigned to monitor Putin, and that's all you do, day in and day out, very few people ever spend the time on a single subject that is spent during trial. David Boies analystassignday share on social
One of the things that the court held in Brown v. Board of Education is that government can't impose a badge of inferiority on some of its citizens. Yet that is exactly what Proposition 8 does with respect to gay and lesbian couples in California. David Boies badgeboardbrown share on social
We're lawyers. We present the arguments, and the court sorts out the merits. David Boies argumentcourtlawyer Change image and share on social
But I'd say my best boss was Tom Barr, who was a partner at Cravath, Swain & Moore in the 1960s. It's because I learned so much from him. David Boies 1960sbarrbos Change image and share on social