Courting Justice: From NY Yankees v. Major League Baseball to Bush v. Gore, 1997-2000

New York: Miramax Books, 2004. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 490 pages. Illus. (most in color), footnotes, index. by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads To Suzy Goodman--Thank you for your support. David Boies. High-powered attorney David Boies recalls his greatest cases, which included landmark decisions in baseball, business, and the political realm. As a lawyer for the Justice Department, Boies took on Bill Gates in the famous US v. Microsoft case; he won a key antitrust case for the New York Yankees; and he represented Al Gore in the litigation that followed the contested election of 2000. Boies tells war stories, assesses the system and its heroes and villains, reveals his strategy, and critiques decisions lost and won, as he recounts his journey from a boyhood in Illinois to law school to a life in court. David Boies (born March 11, 1941) is an American lawyer and chairman of the law firm 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., his unsuccessful representation of Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore in Bush v. Gore,[3] 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 US lawsuits, including Jeffrey Epstein's victims such as Virginia Roberts Giuffre. He currently serves on the board of trustees of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, which is a museum dedicated to the U.S. Constitution Derived from a Publishers Weekly article: In this crisp, energetic memoir, Boies reconstructs his role in some of the major legal battles of recent years. The narrative begins in 1997, with the New York Yankees suit. An antitrust expert, Boies protected a $95-million licensing deal with Adidas from a revenue-sharing plan instituted by the baseball league. Then, with a lawyer's knack for presenting complex subjects clearly, Boies effectively untangles the legal and technical issues involved in the Microsoft antitrust case. Hired to represent the Justice Department, he renders in detail Bill Gates's disastrous and inexplicable stonewalling deposition. A ruling in 2000 declared Microsoft a monopolist, but Boies was dissatisfied with the settlement later negotiated by the Justice Department. In the 2000 post-election litigation, in which he represented Al Gore, Boies presents himself as constrained by co-lawyers and political considerations that forced him to drop a promising effort to challenge absentee ballots. Boies expresses disappointment with what he considers an unfair Supreme Court decision in Bush v. Gore . Boies, a recreational gambler and a natural-born strategist, rarely has to account for a loss. He obviously enjoys recollecting his bold gambits and wilting opponents.