Highest Paid Lawyers in the United States

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The highest paid attorneys are generally plaintiff's lawyers who handle class action or serious personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, medical malpractice lawsuits. Next in line would be attorneys who handle major corporate law and/or in-house counsel for multi-billion dollar companies, etc. Patent law, commercial real estate, entertainment law and high profile criminal law would most likely follow. These categories overlap depending on the particular cases the attorney may handle.

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Plaintiff Lawyers—They are the folks everybody loves to hate—unless they represent you. Punitive damages are their friend, tort reform their enemy.

PLAINTIFF LAWYERS:

Gerald Hosier
$40 million
DePaul University Law


Fred M. Baron
$21 million
University of Texas Law


Joseph Jamail Jr.
$20.7 million
University of Texas Law


Willie E. Gary
$12.1 million
North Carolina Central University Law


Philip H. Corboy
$11.6 million
Loyola University Law


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Plaintiff Lawyers - Forbes.com

Tobacco Lawyers—Cigarette money alone put these ten lawyers on the top-earning list—and it's likely to keep them there for the next 25 years. They're using the booty to sue HMOs, chemical companies, Firestone, and even to run for office.

TOBACCO LAWYERS:

Richard Scruggs
$29.5 million
University of Mississippi Law


Ronald Motley
$18.75 million


John O'Quinn
$16.5 million
University of Houston Law


John Eddie Williams Jr.
$16.2 million
Baylor University Law


Joseph F. Rice
$15 million
University of South Carolina Law


Michael V. Ciresi
$14.4 million
University of Minnesota Law


Walter Umphrey
$12.5 million
Baylor University Law


Wayne Reaud
$12.5 million
Texas Tech University Law


Harold Nix
$10 million
Baylor University Law


Steve W. Berman
$10 million
University of Chicago Law


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Tobacco Lawyers - Forbes.com

Hired Gun—When you're in trouble, who ya gonna call? Probably this guy.

HIRED GUN LAWYERS:

David Boies
$5 million
Yale University Law

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Hired Gun - Forbes.com

Lobbyists— With a pro-business Administration in the White House, this year is shaping up as a super year for Washington's lawyer-lobbyists. As if they didn't have enough work.

LOBBYIST LAWYERS:

Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.
$2.8 million
Georgetown University Law


Joel Jankowsky
$2 million
University of Oklahoma Law


John Merrigan
$2 million
Loyola University Law


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Lobbyists - Forbes.com

Divorce Lawyers—If you want these folks, expect to pay the nation's highest hourly fees—above $600.

DIVORCE LAWYERS:

Raoul Felder
$3 million
New York University Law


Sorrell Trope
$2 million
University of Southern California Law


Daniel Jaffe
$1.5 million
UCLA Law


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Divorce Lawyers - Forbes.com

Entertainment Lawyers—Not quite, but they put the megadeals together.

ENTERTAINMENT LAWYERS:

Allen Grubman
$10 million
Brooklyn Law


Harry (Skip) Brittenham
$6.5 million
UCLA Law


John Branca
$6.5 million
UCLA Law


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Entertainment Lawyers - Forbes.com

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Corporate Lawyers—Dealmakers and litigators who represent companies flourished during the boom. Tough times loom, but that means bankruptcies, buyouts and class actions.

CORPORATE LAWYERS:

Fred Bartlit Jr.
$6 million
University of Illinois Law


Larry W. Sonsini
$5.4 million
UC Berkeley-Boalt Hall Law


Martin Lipton
$4.5 million
New York University Law


Herbert Wachtell
$4.5 million
New York University Law


Philip Beck
$4.5 million
Boston University Law


Roger Aaron
$4.5 million
Yale University Law


Richard Katcher
$4.2 million
New York University Law


Bernard Nussbaum
$4.2 million
Harvard University Law


Peter Atkins
$4 million
Harvard University Law


Donald Scott
$4 million
Yale University Law


H. Rodgin Cohen
$4 million
Harvard University Law


Benjamin Stapleton
$3.8 million
Yale University Law


Sheila Birnbaum
$3.8 million
New York University Law


Robert D. Joffe
$3.6 million
Harvard University Law


Jeffrey Saper
$3.5 million
New York University Law


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Corporate Lawyers - Forbes.com

What type of lawyer is the highest paid in the United States? How much money will a family lawyer be making in the Unites States?


Thank you for any info,

Tanya

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Question:

What type of lawyer is the highest paid in the United States?

Answer:

Patent attorneys are currently paid the most on average for entry level attorneys. A newly licensed patent attorney can expect to earn $100,000-$150,000 his/her first year out of law school (depending on the market). Other first year attorneys might expect something closer to $60,000-$80,000 their first year. Still, how much you make depends not just on the type of law that you practice, but what kind of firm you work for, how many hours you work, what kind of clients you get, etc. A lot depends on the reputation of the attorney, the market, the attorney's business contacts, etc. More... What type of lawyer is the highest paid? How long does it take to be an attorney? - Yahoo! Answers

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Question:

How much money will a family lawyer be making in the Unites States?

Answer:

Lawyers will all earn different amounts depending on the city, the types of clients served, and how much he or she is willing to work. However, family lawyers tend to be paid less than other types of lawyers. A reasonable range for a family lawyer in a medium to large city would be $100,000-$200,000. More... WikiAnswers - How much money will a family lawyer be making in the beginning middle and end of his or her career

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Question:

Highest paid field of law in the U.S.?

Answer:

The answer to this question depends on the market that you work in (with NY and the SF Bay area being the highest) and the type of work you do. It can be emphatically stated that attorneys in the non-profit sector make the least (but their job satisfaction derives from whom the help instead of the pay) and those in the private sector make the most. I know some Personal injury attorneys who are well off because they either win or settle high value claims (30-40% contingency fees). But the risk is that you don't get any income if you lose these contingency cases. As for as stable and consistent income, I would say that the corporate partners (those handling M&A's, IPOS, and many transactional affairs) of large firms such as Winsoni, Fenwick, Perkins Coie etc make the most change because they oversee the legal billing of multi-national companies. For a better understanding of legal salaries you should go to Greedy Associates (www.greedyassociates.com). This site breaks down the salaries and bonuses of the top law firms in the country. More: Litigation Attorney Jobs Forum - Highest paid field of law? | Indeed.com