page_title: Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
section_title: Notable lawyers and alumni
hierarchical_section_title: Boies Schiller Flexner LLP / Notable lawyers and alumni
caption_attribution_description: English: The headquarters of David Boies' law firm, Boies, Schiller &amp; Flexner LLP, in Armonk, New York.
context_page_description: Boies Schiller Flexner LLP is a national law firm based in New York City. The firm was founded by David Boies and Jonathan D. Schiller, in 1997, who, in 1999, were joined by Donald L. Flexner, former partner with Crowell & Moring, then forming Boies, Schiller & Flexner.
  The firm has become known for its involvement in high-profile litigation, having represented the Department of Justice in the antitrust action 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.
context_section_description: David Boies, chairman of the firm, is a former partner.
  Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator from New York, is a former partner.
  Tanya S. Chutkan, a United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, is a former partner of the firm's Washington, D.C. office.
  Susan Estrich, a partner, was the first female president of the Harvard Law Review.
  Hampton Dellinger, a partner, was formerly North Carolina's Deputy Attorney General.
  Ann O'Leary, the chief of staff to California Governor Gavin Newsom and former co-executive director of the Clinton-Kaine Transition Team, is a former partner.
  Stephen N. Zack, a partner, was president of the American Bar Association from 2010 to 2011.
  Elizabeth Wurtzel, a writer and journalist, is a former associate.
  Michael Brille, the current general counsel of Boies Schiller, featured prominently in Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, a book by The Wall Street Journal investigative reporter John Carreyrou.
  Heather King, a partner at Boies Schiller, was formerly general counsel at now-defunct blood testing startup Theranos, and she also featured prominently in Bad Blood. King was previously a lawyer at Boies Schiller, and before that she served as a senior advisor for Senator Hillary Clinton.
caption: The firm's original headquarters in Armonk, New York
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