John Branca: $50 million
A graduate of the UCLA School of Law, John Branca has had a lengthy career as an entertainment and corporate lawyer with a focus on representing roll and rock acts and separate investors. He's represented over 30 members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is about pretty much every list of premier entertainment lawyers on earth. On a side note, he serves as the co-executor of Michael Jackson's estate.
Joe Jamail: $1.7 billion
Though he passed away at the age of 90 at December 2015, Joe Jamail makes this list because he was the wealthiest practicing lawyer in the United States at the time of his passing. Often known as the "King of Torts," he represented Pennzoil at a 1985 lawsuit against rival Texaco. His contingency fee was $335 following the courts chose in Pennzoil's favor. The 1953 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law was a former marine who had a longstanding reputation in the court for being abrasive, rude, and vulgar. But outside of the courtroom, he was famous for his generous philanthropy.
David Boies: $20 million
Currently serving as the chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, David Boies previously served as Chief Counsel for the US Senate. He graduated from Yale University in 1966 and almost instantly made a name for himself. He amassed his fortune by representing a number of big corporations, including IBM, Napster, George Steinbrenner (owner of the NY Yankees), CBS, and the NBA Players Association throughout the 2011 NBA lockout. According to Fortune magazine, he's "corporate America's number-one hired gun. "
Judge Joe Brown: $30 million
Best known for his day court series which ran for 15 years, Judge Joe Brown obtained his law degree from UCLA. After working as the first African American prosecutor in Memphis, TN, he opened his own clinic prior to working as a criminal court judge in Shelby County, TN. While presiding over James Earl Ray's appeal for the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., he grabbed the eye of TV producers. The majority of his wealth was obtained through the show. In 2014, he ran for district attorney general in Shelby County, but lost to the incumbent.
Wichai Thongtang: $1.1 billion
Thought of by many in the sector to be "one of the top titles in the profession from around the planet," Wichai Thongtang is a strong lawyer in Thailand. After graduating from Thammasat University in 1970he went into corporate law, by which he represented a range of leading Thai executives and corporations and took the chance to learn about the stock market and investing. Besides his law career, Thongtang is the Chairman of Cable Thai Holding PLC and owns 15% of Dusit Medical, a Bangkok healthcare firm.
Jane Wanjiru Michuki: $60 million
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 companies in Kenya, for example Equity Group Holdings Limited. In addition to her law career, she's the biggest female stockholder on the Nairobi Stock Exchange, which is where a good bit of her net worth comes from.
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