Top Ten Richest Lawyers In The World

So, who are they? Here is a quick look in the wealthiest attorneys in the world, ranked from the lowest net value to the highest. Please note that the people on this list are all practicing attorneys or judges. There are loads of additional "lawyers" with a substantially higher net worth, but they just have a law degree and no more use it.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr.: $12 million

Born in 1935, Jordan has enjoyed a very long law career that began after his graduation from Howard University. (Additionally, he holds more than 70 honorary degrees from various universities and colleges.) He's currently the senior council, focusing on general council, organization, and international law, in Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, and Feld LLP. His early career focused primarily on civil rights, while he later served as an adviser to President Clinton. The majority of his fortune was earned by representing substantial corporations, such as Xerox and American Express, as well as spending time as Wall Street banker.

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 immediately made a name for himself. He gathered his fortune by representing a number of large 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-one hired gun. "

Jane Wanjiru Michuki: $60 million

Educated in the Kenya School of Law and Warwick University, Jane Wanjiru Michuki is a managing partner at Kimani & Michuki Advocate, a corporate law firm in Nairobi, Kenya that represents Many of the largest corporations in Kenya, for example Equity Group Holdings Limited. In addition to her law career, she's the largest female stockholder in the Nairobi Stock Exchange, which is where a fantastic piece of her net worth stems from.

Bill Neukom: $850 million

Currently serving as the founder and CEO of the World Justice Project, which is dedicated to promoting the rule of law all around the world, Bill Neukom is a corporate lawyer who's well-known because of his philanthropy. After graduating from Stanford Law School in 1967, he worked in a small business until he was asked to do work for Microsoft, which was still in its beginning phases. Eventuallyhe became Microsoft's legal counsel, a position he held for 25 decades. Formerly, he had been an investor at the San Francisco Giants.

Mark Geragos: $25 million

A 1992 graduate of Loyola Law School, Mark Geragos is a criminal defense attorney who's also been engaged in a number of landmark civil lawsuit class action instances. He's 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 also holds a listing for a few of the top 10 verdicts in California history to get a 2008 case in which he acquired a jury verdict awarding over $38 against a pharmaceutical firm. He currently serves as a managing associate at Geragos and Geragos.

Alan Dershowitz: $25 million

After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1962, Alan Dershowitz went to work. By 1964he was a member of the Harvard Law School faculty and in 1967he was 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 reputation as the "top lawyer of last resort," he's a bevy of high-profile clients, including Mike Tyson, Jim Baker, Leona Helmsley, O.J. Simpson, and Jeffrey Epstein. In addition, he's written over a dozen novels. Everything together helped him collect his fortune