Jose Baez: $8 million
Probably best known for defending Casey Anthony in 2011','' 47-year-old Jose Baez is absolutely an American success story. After dropping out of high school, he joined the Navy, got his GED, and finally earned a law degree from St. Thomas University School of Law. He has been involved in a number of high profile cases that led to acquittals, including the murder case of Nilton Diaz, that has been known as "the biggest legal upset because O.J., among others [3]. He is considered by many to be the most pursued criminal lawyer in the U.S. and now represents former NFL star Aaron Hernandez. He's also the author of this bestselling book, Presumed Guilty: Casey Anthony: The Inside Story.
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 was named "Trial Lawyer of the Year for 2015" by the National Trial Lawyers. (He has won plenty of other awards including "Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year. ") He's notorious for carrying high stakes cases with hopeless odds and getting extraordinary results. He had been Michael Jackson's attorney when he was 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 high that it's not printed, he also does pro bono work through the Mesereau Free Legal Clinic.
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 asbestos and tobacco cases as well as 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, as well as the 2003 situation against Lehman Brothers which he won a $51 million conclusion. But in 2007, he had been accused of judicial bribery. In 2008, he pled guilty and finally served six years in federal prison. Now, in age 70, he has completed his sentence, and it has retained his massive fortune.
Roy Black: $100 million
Yet another criminal and civil defense lawyer, Roy Black, a graduate of the University of Miami, is the senior partner at Black, Srebnick, Kornspan, & Stumpf. For over 40 decades, he has represented high profile clients, such as William Kennedy Smith (acquitted on rape charges), Albertson's, Inc., and Helio Castroneves. Known by most in the industry for having "the best national reputation in Florida," he acts as a legal analyst on "The Today Show" and "Good Morning America" and teaches advanced criminal signs in the University of Miami.
Bill Neukom: $850 million
Currently serving as the founder and CEO of the World Justice Project, which is dedicated to encouraging the rule of law all over the world, Bill Neukom is a corporate attorney who's well-known for his philanthropy. After graduating from Stanford Law School in 1967, he worked in a small business until he had been asked to do work for Microsoft, that had been in its beginning stages. Eventually, he became Microsoft's legal counsel, a position he held for 25 decades. Previously, he was an investor at the San Francisco Giants.
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