Some law firms go to trial only as a last resort. Not Boies, Schiller & Flexner. Over the past two years, the firm scored almost all of its biggest wins at the trial level—many of them on the plaintiffs side. Unlike most of its Am Law 200 competitors, Boies Schiller seems more comfortable playing offense than defense.

His firm’s great strength, says name partner David Boies, is “making complicated cases understandable and taking cases to trial.” Over and over, Boies Schiller took on long-shot cases and delivered unexpected results for its clients.