Harish Salve: $6 million
At 59 years old, Harish Salve has worked tirelessly to create a reputation among India's top (and most expensive) lawyers, specializing in commercial, constitutional, and taxation law. Salve, that comes from a long line of attorneys and formerly served as the Solicitor General of India, currently costs clients about $45,000 a day. Along with representing many government entities, large company clients, and industrialist Mukesh Ambani, he has represented Bollywood celebrities in criminal cases. In reality, he's frequently referred to as famed actor Salman Khan's "guardian angel" for keeping him out of jail on a hit and run charge. (Indian prisons are renowned for harsh conditions)
Mark Geragos: $25 million
A 1992 graduate of Loyola Law School, Mark Geragos is a criminal defense attorney who has also been involved in a number of landmark civil lawsuit class action cases. He has represented everyone from Chris Brown, Michael Jackson, and Winona Ryder into Scott Peterson and Susan McDougal. Named "One of the 100 Most Influential Attorneys in California," he also holds a record for one of the top 10 verdicts in California history to get a 2008 situation in which he obtained a jury verdict awarding over $38 against a pharmaceutical firm. He currently serves as a managing partner at Geragos and Geragos.
Robert Shapiro: $50 million
Presently a senior partner at Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard, Avchen, and Shapiro, LLP, Robert Shapiro graduated from Loyola Law School in 1968 and started a career as a criminal lawyer. After working on O.J. Simpson's legal group (and representing several other celebrities), he chose to move into civil litigation. In addition to his law career, he has written a kids 's publication and is a co-founder of LegalZoom and Shoedazzle.com.
Thomas Mesereau: $25 million
Additionally a criminal defense attorney (Are you noticing a trend?) , Thomas Mesereau graduated from Harvard University and The University of California's Hastings College of Law and has been appointed "Trial Lawyer of the Year for 2015" from the National Trial Lawyers. (He has won lots of other awards such as "Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year. ") He is known for carrying high stakes cases with hopeless odds and getting extraordinary results. He was Michael Jackson's attorney when he had been acquitted of 14 child molestation charges and has won an unprecedented three federal criminal jury trials in a row. While his hourly rate is so large it's not printed, he does pro bono work through the Mesereau Free Legal Clinic.
Bill Neukom: $850 million
Currently serving as the creator and CEO of the World Justice Project, which is dedicated to encouraging the rule of law all around the planet, Bill Neukom is a corporate lawyer who's famous for his philanthropy. After graduating from Stanford Law School in 1967, he worked in a small firm until he had been asked to do work for Microsoft, which had been in its beginning phases. Finally he became Microsoft's legal counsel, a position he held for 25 decades. Formerly, he had been an investor at the San Francisco Giants.
Willie E. Gary: $100 million
Nicknamed "The Giant Killer," Willie Gary has taken on several of the country 's most important corporations, such as Anheuser-Busch and Disney. He has won a number of the largest settlements and jury awards at the U.S., including several cases valued at more than $30 billion. A graduate of Shaw University, he's now the managing director at Gary, Williams, Parenti, Watson, and Gary, P.L.L.C., functions as a motivational speaker, and has emerged as a legal analyst on "The Early Show. "
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