So, who are they? Here's a fast look in the wealthiest lawyers in the entire world, ranked from the lowest net worth to the greatest. Please be aware that the individuals on this list are practicing attorneys or judges. There are plenty of other "attorneys " with a substantially higher net worth, but they just have a law degree and no more use it.
Harish Salve: $6 million
At 59 years old, Harish Salve has worked tirelessly to create a reputation as one of India's best (and most expensive) lawyers, specializing in commercial, constitutional, and tax law. Salve, who comes from a long line of lawyers and previously served as the Solicitor General of India, currently charges clients about $45,000 per day. In addition to representing many government entities, big company clients, and industrialist Mukesh Ambani, he's represented Bollywood stars in criminal cases. In reality, he is often referred to as famed actor Salman Khan's "guardian angel" for keeping him from jail on a hit and run charge. (Indian prisons are renowned for harsh conditions.)
Lynn Toler: $15 million
Better called the judge by TV's Divorce Court as 2007, Lynn Toler formerly served as the sole municipal court judge in Cleveland Heights, OH for at least 8 decades. After receiving her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1984, she focused on civil law until getting municipal court judge. Within this function, she was famous for enforcing nontraditional sentences, like writing essays. In addition to presiding over divorce court, Lynn is the author of 3 books.
Richard Scruggs: $1.7 billion
A 1976 graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law and a prominent trial lawyer, Richard Scruggs is famous for his love of tobacco and asbestos cases as well as the fact he won more than $1 billion in judgements against different companies. He was also highly involved in 2000's Ritalin class action suits, as well as the 2003 case against Lehman Brothers for 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 federal prison. Today, in the age of 70, he's completed his sentence, and it has retained his massive fortune.
William Lerach: $900 million
Although he had been disbarred in 2009 because of his participation in a kickback scheme, William Lerach had a rewarding career as a corporate attorney with a specialization in private securities class action lawsuits for more than 30 years, which is the way he amassed his substantial fortune. Nicknamed the "King of Pain" and often referred to as the most feared lawyer in American during 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 lawsuits for the $7.12 billion judgement he obtained against Enron.
Alan Dershowitz: $25 million
After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1962, Alan Dershowitz went right to work. By 1964he was a member of the Harvard Law School school and in 1967, he was made a complete professor. (He retired in 2013.) While teaching classes, he was also making a name for himself in the criminal law field. As a result of 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. Additionally, he has written over a dozen novels. Everything together helped him collect his fortune
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