Top Ten Lawyers In Usa

So, who are they? Here is a quick look at the richest attorneys in the entire world, ranked from the lowest net value to the greatest. Please be aware that the people on this list are practicing lawyers or judges. There are loads of additional "lawyers" with a substantially higher net value, but they just possess a law degree and no more use it, best ideas.

Mark Geragos: $25 million

A 1992 graduate of Loyola Law School, Mark Geragos is a criminal defense attorney who's also been engaged in several of landmark civil lawsuit class action instances. He's represented everyone from Chris Brown, Michael Jackson, and Winona Ryder into Scott Peterson and Susan McDougal. Named "One of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in California," he also holds a record for one of the top 10 verdicts in California history to get a 2008 case where he acquired a jury verdict awarding over $38 against a pharmaceutical company. He currently serves as a managing associate at Geragos and Geragos.

David Boies: $20 million

Currently serving as the chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, David Boies formerly served as Chief Counsel for the US Senate. He graduated from Yale University in 1966 and almost instantly made a name for himself. He gathered his fortune by representing several large corporations, including IBM, Napster, George Steinbrenner (proprietor of the NY Yankees), CBS, and the NBA Players Association throughout the 2011 NBA lockout. According to Fortune magazine, he is "corporate America's number-one hired gun. "

Willie E. Gary: $100 million

Nicknamed "The Giant Killer," Willie Gary has taken on a number of the nation's biggest corporations, such as Anheuser-Busch and Disney. He's won some of the largest settlements and jury awards in the U.S., including several cases valued at more than $30 billion. A graduate of Shaw University, he is currently the managing director at Gary, Williams, Parenti, Watson, and Gary, P.L.L.C., works as a motivational speaker, and has appeared as a legal analyst on "The Early Show. "

Alan Dershowitz: $25 million

After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1962, Alan Dershowitz went to work. By 1964he had become a member of the Harvard Law School faculty and in 1967he had been made a complete professor. (He murdered in 2013.) While teaching courses, he was making a name for himself in the criminal law field. Thanks to his standing as the "top lawyer of last resort," he's a bevy of high-profile customers, such as Mike Tyson, Jim Baker, Leona Helmsley, O.J. Simpson, and Jeffrey Epstein. In addition, he has composed over a dozen books. Everything together helped him collect his fortune

Bill Neukom: $850 million

Currently serving as the creator and CEO of the World Justice Project, which is devoted to encouraging the rule of law all over the planet, Bill Neukom is a corporate attorney who's famous for his philanthropy. After graduating from Stanford Law School in 1967, he worked in a small firm until he was asked to perform work for Microsoft, that was in its beginning phases. Eventuallyhe became Microsoft's legal counsel, a position he held for 25 decades. Previously, he had been an investor at the San Francisco Giants.

John Branca: $50 million

A graduate of the UCLA School of Law, John Branca has had a lengthy career as an entertainment and corporate lawyer with a focus on representing rock and roll acts and independent investors. He's represented more than 30 members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is on pretty much every list of premier entertainment lawyers on earth. On a side note, he serves as the co-executor of Michael Jackson's estate.