David Boies stands at par with the greatest lawyers in the world. As proof of this, Time Magazine named him next to George Bush as Person of the Year in 2000.

Named “Lawyer of the Year” by the National Law Journal, David Boies shot to mainstream popularity for representing Al Gore in his 2000 case against former President George W. Bush. He also gained fame upon winning an antitrust case against Microsoft, in behalf of the United States Department of Justice.

The victory against Microsoft was a sweet one, especially since David Boies’ specialty is in antitrust litigation. In fact, the New York Bar Association once declared him the “The Antitrust Lawyer of the Year.” Acting for American Express, David Boies unforgettably lodged an antitrust suit against Visa and MasterCard, resulting in the highest settlements of all time.

David Boies has defended NASCAR, the C.V. Starr Companies, and Lloyd’s of London, among other high profile clients, against various litigation charges. Once, he represented CBS against General William Westmoreland, and Napster against the RIAA. He has also counseled the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. In light of such, Who’s Who once proclaimed David Boies as “Commercial Litigator of the Year.”

Currently, David Boies is a partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, the firm he founded in 1997. He started out with Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he had a hand in defending IBM against antitrust charges by the Justice Department.