Randall Boe

Randall Boe (born 1962) was General Counsel for AOL and has been involved in many ground breaking cases regarding internet law. He was born in Ohio and grew up in Iowa City, Iowa. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison and graduated in 1983 with majors in political science and economics. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1987. After graduation, he went to work at Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn in Washington, D.C. While at Arent Fox, Boe specialized in complex litigation and tried a wide variety of matters, including antitrust cases, white collar criminal matters and product liability matters.

Randall Boe matriculated at the University of Wisconsin Madison in the fall semester 1980. Boe navigated the competitive process with upper one percentile SAT scores. "Don't overthink the test" and "They taught us how to take these tests in third grade" are two memorable quotes from Boe. As a student, Boe enrolled in the Honors College, made friends at North Hall, and frequented the Student Union where occasionally he was seen procuring the first pitcher of the day.

Boe attended class by a simple rule: if the bell had already rung, don't go. As an upperclassman Boe found time to balance attendance at the Plaza, membership in the Bascom Hill Croquet club, and co-published with Constitutional Law Professor (now Emeritus) Joel B. Grossman. Reliable sources credit Boe with the bulk of the joint project work.

In 1995, Boe agreed to represent Joe Shea, the publisher of the American Reporter in a challenge to the recently passed Communications Decency Act (CDA). The CDA, among other things, made it illegal to publish, distribute or disseminate "indecent" material on the Internet. The "indecency" standard had long been imposed on over-the-air broadcasters, both radio and television, by the Federal Communications Commission, it was most famously defined and upheld in Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation, a case determining that George Carlin's famous Seven Dirty Words monologue was indecent.

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