John Branca: $50 million
A graduate of the UCLA School of Law, John Branca has had a lengthy career as an amusement and corporate attorney with a focus on representing roll and rock acts and independent investors. He's represented more than 30 members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is about pretty much every list of premier entertainment attorneys in the world. On one note, he serves as the co-executor of Michael Jackson's estate.
Judge Joe Brown: $30 million
Famous for his daytime court series that ran for 15 decades, Judge Joe Brown received his law degree from UCLA. After working as the initial African American prosecutor at Memphis, TN, he opened his own practice prior to serving as a criminal court judge in Shelby County, TN. While presiding over James Earl Ray's appeal for its assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., he grabbed the eye of TV manufacturers. Most of his wealth was obtained through the show. In 2014, he ran for district attorney general in Shelby County, but lost to the incumbent.
Thomas Mesereau: $25 million
Additionally a criminal defense lawyer (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" from the National Trial Lawyers. (He's won plenty of other awards including "Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year. ") He's known for carrying high stakes instances with impossible odds and receiving extraordinary results. He was Michael Jackson's lawyer when he was acquitted of 14 child molestation charges and has won an unprecedented three national criminal jury trials in a row. While his hourly rate is so high it's not printed, he 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 lawyer, Richard Scruggs is famous for his love of tobacco and asbestos cases as well as the fact that he won more than $1 billion in judgements against various businesses. 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. Today, at age 70, he's finished his sentence and has retained his large fortune.
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 attorney. After working on O.J. Simpson's legal team (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 can be a co-founder of LegalZoom and Shoedazzle.com.
Alan Dershowitz: $25 million
After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1962, Alan Dershowitz went to work. By 1964, he had become a member of the Harvard Law School faculty and in 1967he was made a full professor. (He retired in 2013.) While teaching courses, he was also making a name for himself in the criminal law area. As a result of his standing as the "top lawyer of last resort," he has a bevy of high-profile customers, including Mike Tyson, Jim Baker, Leona Helmsley, O.J. Simpson, and Jeffrey Epstein. Additionally, he has written more than a dozen novels. Everything together helped him amass his fortune
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