So, who are they? Here's a quick look in the richest attorneys in the entire world, ranked from the lowest net value to the highest. Please be aware that the people on this list are practicing attorneys or judges. There are plenty of other "attorneys " with a substantially higher net worth, but they just possess a law degree and no more use it, go to https://gklaw.ca/.
Mark Geragos: $25 million
A 1992 graduate of Loyola Law School, Mark Geragos is a criminal defense lawyer who's also been involved in several of landmark civil lawsuit class action instances. He has represented everyone from Chris Brown, Michael Jackson, and Winona Ryder to Scott Peterson and Susan McDougal. Named "One of the 100 Most Influential Attorneys in California," he holds a record for one of the top 10 verdicts in California history to get a 2008 situation where he obtained a jury verdict awarding more than $38 from a pharmaceutical company. He currently serves as a managing partner at Geragos and Geragos.
Richard Scruggs: $1.7 billion
A 1976 graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law and a prominent trial attorney, Richard Scruggs is best known for his love of tobacco and asbestos cases and the fact that he won more than $1 billion in judgements against different companies. He was also highly involved in 2000's Ritalin class action suits, in addition to the 2003 situation against Lehman Brothers which he won a $51 million verdict. However, in 2007, he was accused of judicial bribery. In 2008, he pled guilty and finally served six years in prison. Today, at the age of 70, he has finished his sentence and has kept his large fortune.
David Boies: $20 million
Currently serving as the chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, David Boies previously 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 big corporations, including IBM, Napster, George Steinbrenner (owner 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 1 hired gun. "
Joe Jamail: $1.7 billion
Although he passed away in the age of 90 in December 2015, Joe Jamail makes this list because he had been the wealthiest practicing attorney in the United States in the time of his passing. Frequently referred to as the "King of Torts," he represented Pennzoil at a 1985 lawsuit against rival Texaco. His contingency fee was $335 after the courts chose in Pennzoil's favor. The 1953 graduate from the University of Texas School of Law was a former marine who had a longstanding reputation in the courtroom for being abrasive, rude, and vulgar. But outside of the courtroom, he was famous for his generous philanthropy.
William Lerach: $900 million
Although he was disbarred in 2009 for his participation in a kickback scheme, William Lerach had a lucrative career as a corporate lawyer with a specialty in private securities class action suits for over 30 decades, which is the way he amassed his substantial fortune. Nicknamed the "King of Pain" and frequently known as the most dreaded attorney in American through his heyday, Lerach, a University of Pittsburg School of Law graduate, holds the record for the largest sum ever regained in a bunch of securities class actions suits for the $7.12 billion judgement he received against Enron.
