Top 10 Richest Lawyers In The World

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

Better known as the judge by TV's Divorce Court as 2007, Lynn Toler previously served as the only municipal court judge from Cleveland Heights, OH for at least 8 years. After receiving her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1984, she focused on civil law before getting municipal court judge. In this function, she was famous for enforcing nontraditional sentences, such as writing essays. Besides presiding over divorce court, Lynn is the author of three books.

Though he was disbarred in 2009 for his involvement in a kickback scheme, William Lerach had a rewarding career as a corporate lawyer with a specialty in private securities class action suits for over 30 decades, which is how he amassed his considerable fortune. Nicknamed the "King of Pain" and frequently 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 recovered in a group of securities class action lawsuits for the $7.12 billion decision he obtained against Enron.

Currently serving as the creator and CEO of the World Justice Project, which is devoted to promoting the rule of law all over the world, Bill Neukom is a corporate lawyer who is famous for his philanthropy. After graduating from Stanford Law School in 1967, he worked at a small firm until he had been asked to do work for Microsoft, that was still in its beginning stages. Finally he became Microsoft's legal counsel, a position he held for 25 years. Previously, he was an investor in the San Francisco Giants.

Educated in the Kenya School of Law and Warwick University, Jane Wanjiru Michuki is currently a managing partner at Kimani & Michuki Advocate, a corporate law firm in Nairobi, Kenya that represents Many of the biggest corporations in Kenya, such as Equity Group Holdings Limited. In addition to her law career, she is the largest female stockholder on the Nairobi Stock Exchange, which is where a good bit of her net worth comes from.