| Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | New York |
| No. of offices | 10 |
| No. of attorneys | 240 |
| Major practice areas | Litigation |
| Key people | David Boies (Chairman), Jonathan D. Schiller, & Donald L. Flexner |
| Date founded | May 1997 |
| Founder | David Boies, Jonathan D. Schiller |
| Company type | Limited Liability Partnership |
| Website | |
| www.bsfllp.com | |
Boies, Schiller & Flexner L.L.P. is a prominent American law firm founded by David Boies and Jonathan D. Schiller in 1997. In 1999, they were joined by Donald L. Flexner, former partner with Crowell & Moring. In March 2009, a 27-lawyer firm, located in Miami, named Zack Kosnitzky, merged into the New York firm Boies Schiller & Flexner.[1]
The firm was founded in 1997 by then Cravath partner David Boies. He left Cravath because a major client, Time Warner, the owner of the Atlanta Braves, had objected to his representation of the New York Yankees in a case against Major League Baseball. He was joined by Jonathan Schiller of Kaye Scholer, and Don Flexner, the head of Crowell & Moring’s antitrust practice group. The reputations of the founding attorneys assured that high profile clients would immediately seek them out.
In its very short history, the firm has had a number of major clients, and tried numerous cases that are familiar to law students and even the public at large. One of the firm’s first cases was representing a software manufacturer in an antitrust action when they only had ten attorneys. Most know the case as United States v. Microsoft. Within a few short years, David Boies and his firm were facing off with veteran litigator Ted Olson in the Supreme Court, in Bush v. Gore.
The firm has a strong general litigation practice in all areas. Though it has a number of attorneys who are specialists, first and foremost every attorney is an excellent litigator, and the firm is willing to take on a variety of prominent cases, including most notably working alongside previous opponent Ted Olson in challenging California’s Proposition 8 in Perry v. Schwarzenegger.
On March 12, 2011, The NFL announced that it has hired David Boies and Paul Clement, head of law firm King & Spalding’s appellate practice and the former United States Solicitor General who will work with outside counsel Gregg Levy of Covington & Burling in representing the league in the antitrust litigation initiated by the players' union.[2]
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In 2010, The American Lawyer's national top 100 firms ranked Boies Schiller fourth in profits per partner, third in revenue per lawyer, and in 2009, the firm was ranked at 89 in gross revenue.[3] Chambers and Partners ranked the firm in band 3 nationwide, band 2 in New York and band 2 in Florida for their antitrust practice.[4]
Getting hired at Boies Schiller, especially as a first year associate, is a monumental task. The firm’s high profile work has meant that they are flooded with applicants. The firm maintains the fourth highest selectivity rating as ranked by Vault. The firm, along with Williams and Connolly and Wachtell is the only major firm to offer above-market salaries, currently at $174,000 for first year associates.