Boies In Malcolm Gladwell's David And Goliath

When people hear the occupation lawyer, they assume that that individual attended a prestigious university and went to law school. However, people do not need to attend a prestigious university in order to pursue law. In Malcolm Gladwell’s “David and Goliath”, Gladwell blathers about David Boies, a well respected trial lawyer and chairman of the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner and is involved in high-profile cases in the United States. Unlike most lawyers, Boies did not attend a prestigious university, but was still able to attend law school. Boies is a successful person whose advantages have risen from problems that he has.
Despite never going to college during the normal years that an adult would attend, Boies had several opportunities in his life. The first opportunity was after marrying his wife Mary Schuman and having one child, Mary persisted Boies to attend college and
The first advantage that Boies possesses is that he is a good listener. As a boy, Boies has dyslexia which made reading abstruse and he was able to start reading during third grade. During his school years, Boies developed his listening skills because if his reading skills were not good, listening what a person said who allow Boies to understand what they meant. As a lawyer, listening is key in the court because this would allow the opposing lawyer to be successful in his cross examination of the other side’s witness. The other advantage is that in addition to be a superb listener, he is able to read a person’s tone and pace allowing him to attack the witness during a trial. An example of Boies reading a person’s pace and tone is during the Schwarzenegger vs Hollingsworth case when Boies was able to destroy the opposing side’s main witness, David Blankenhorn who is an activist in gay rights. David Boies’ dyslexia actually helped Boies during his trials when it was supposed to hinder