Top Ten Richest Lawyers In The World

So, who are they? Here is a quick look at the richest lawyers in the 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 plenty of additional "attorneys " with a considerably higher net value, but they simply have a law degree and no longer use it, more ideas.

Roy Black: $100 million

Still another civil and criminal defense lawyer, Roy Black, a graduate of the University of Miami, is the senior partner at Black, Srebnick, Kornspan, & Stumpf. For more than 40 years, he has represented high profile customers, including William Kennedy Smith (acquitted on rape charges), Albertson's, Inc., and Helio Castroneves. Known by many in the industry for getting "the very best national standing in Florida," he also acts as a legal advisor on "The Now Show" and "Good Morning America" and instructs advanced criminal evidence at the University of Miami.

Mark Geragos: $25 million

A 1992 graduate of Loyola Law School, Mark Geragos is a criminal defense lawyer who has also been involved in several of landmark civil litigation class action cases. He has represented everyone from Chris Brown, Michael Jackson, and Winona Ryder to Scott Peterson and Susan McDougal. Named "One of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in California," he also holds a record for one of the top 10 verdicts in California history to get a 2008 situation in which he acquired a jury verdict awarding more than $38 from a pharmaceutical company. He currently serves as a managing partner at Geragos and Geragos.

Harish Salve: $6 million

At 59 years old, Harish Salve has worked hard to create a reputation as one of India's best (and most expensive) attorneys, specializing in commercial, constitutional, and taxation law. Salve, who comes from a long line of lawyers and previously served as the Solicitor General of India, currently costs clients about $45,000 a day. In addition to representing many government entities, big company customers, and industrialist Mukesh Ambani, he has represented Bollywood celebrities in criminal cases. In reality, he's frequently referred to as famed actor Salman Khan's "guardian angel" for keeping him out of prison on a hit and run charge. (Indian prisons are renowned for harsh conditions.)

Richard Scruggs: $1.7 billion

A 1976 graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law and also a prominent trial attorney, Richard Scruggs is best known for his love of tobacco and asbestos cases as well as the fact he won more than $1 billion in judgements against various companies. He was also highly involved in 2000's Ritalin class action lawsuits, in addition to 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 eventually served six years in federal prison. Now, at the age of 70, he's finished his sentence, and it has kept his large fortune, click here.

William Lerach: $900 million

Although he was disbarred in 2009 for his involvement in a kickback scheme, William Lerach had a rewarding career as a corporate attorney with a specialty in private securities class action suits for over 30 years, which is the way he gathered his substantial fortune. Nicknamed the "King of Pain" and often known as the most dreaded attorney in American through his heyday, Lerach, a University of Pittsburg School of Law graduate, holds the record for the largest sum ever recovered at a group of securities class action lawsuits for its $7.12 billion judgement he received against Enron.