So, who are they? Here's a fast look in the richest attorneys in the world, ranked from the lowest net value to the greatest. Please be aware that the individuals on this list are all practicing attorneys or judges. There are loads of additional "attorneys " using a substantially higher net worth, but they just possess a law degree and no longer use it.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr.: $12 million
Born in 1935, Jordan has enjoyed a very long law career that began after his graduation from Howard University. (In addition, he holds more than 70 honorary degrees from several colleges and universities.) He's currently the senior council, focusing on general council, organization, and global law, at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, and Feld LLP. His early career focused primarily on civil rights, while he later served as an adviser to President Clinton. Most of his fortune had been made by representing substantial businesses, such as Xerox and American Express, as well as spending some time as Wall Street banker.
Richard Scruggs: $1.7 billion
A 1976 graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law and also 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 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 verdict. But in 2007, he was accused of judicial bribery. In 2008, he pled guilty and finally served six years in federal prison. Today, at the age of 70, he's finished his sentence, and it has kept his large fortune.
Lynn Toler: $15 million
Better known as the judge from TV's Divorce Court as 2007, Lynn Toler previously served as the only municipal court judge in Cleveland Heights, OH for more than 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 role, she was famous for enforcing nontraditional sentences, like writing essays. Besides presiding over divorce court, Lynn is the author of 3 books.
Willie E. Gary: $100 million
Nicknamed "The Giant Killer," Willie Gary has taken on a number of the nation's biggest corporations, such as Anheuser-Busch and Disney. He has won some of the largest settlements and jury awards in the U.S., including several cases valued at over $30 billion. A graduate of Shaw University, he's currently the managing director at Gary, Williams, Parenti, Watson, and Gary, P.L.L.C., works as a motivational speaker, and has emerged as a legal analyst on "The Early Show. "
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