 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.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).