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The Superstar Lawyer Tied to Harvey Weinstein Isn’t Panicked
David Boies has represented some of the biggest and most controversial names in the business. Can his reputation survive his entanglements?
David Boies knows what you’re thinking. In the closing weeks of 2017, with nonstop investigations showing how powerful men got away with mistreating women around them for so long, it looks like the fixers, agents, gossip columnists, and attorneys who enabled their behavior will be next in line to fall.
But Boies, one of the world’s most powerful attorneys, whose own role has come under fire, is projecting calm and confidence. He and his firm, he says in a phone interview, will be fine. “I do think that many clients’ perspectives are different and more sophisticated than the public narratives,” he says. “They understand what lawyers do.”