David Boies is an American lawyer, author, and film producer, who has a $50 million net worth. David Boies is the head of the New York City-based legal firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, and a member of the National Constitution Center’s Board of Trustees in Philadelphia.
What are some of the awards gained by David Boies?
A few of the top awards gained by David Boies are as follows:
Time magazine awarded Boies “Lawyer of the Year” in 2000.
In 2014, Boies earned the American Academy of Achievement’s Golden Plate Award.
What are some of the philanthropy works done by David Boies?
Boie is very passionate about giving back to the society.
Daryl Levinson is the “David Boies Professor of Law” at the New York University School of Law.
The Tulane University Law School will receive $1.5 million to create the “David Boies Distinguished Chair in Law”. Two of Boies’ children graduated from Tulane Law School.
The University of Pennsylvania established a “David Boies Professor” position, which is presently held by history professor Kathleen M. Brown.
The professorship is named after David Boies’ father, who was a high school government and economics instructor.
Prior to becoming dean of Yale Law School, Professor Robert Post held a “David Boies Chair”.
David and Mary Boies funded a chair in government at the University of Redlands, where David Boies attended. This chair is presently held by Arthur Svenson.
Mary and David Boies also endowed the “Maurice Greenberg Chair” at Yale Law School.
David Boies and his wife, Mary, have donated $5 million to Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, New York. The Boieses’ funds were used as part of an ongoing capital drive to construct the hospital’s new emergency department.
David and Mary Boies also support the Harvard Kennedy School’s “Mary and David Boies Fellowships” for overseas students. The Boieses host an annual picnic at their home for the incoming Teach for America corps from New York City (300-500 individuals). They sponsor the Central European and Eurasian Law Institute (CEELI), which is situated in Prague and teaches judges from newly democratic Eastern European and Middle Eastern countries. The CEELI Institute in Prague houses a “Mary and David Boies Reading Room”.
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