Top Lawyers Of Usa

"No envelope mix-up here! Meet the lawyers behind the 'Moonlight' Oscar winner, Melania's litigation, Bill O'Reilly's downfall, the year's biggest media megamergers and pretty much anything that matters in Hollywood. Extortion. Messy divorces. Nine-figure deals with Chinese media conglomerates. It's been a hectic year for Hollywood's potential attorneys, who once again gather in THR's webpages for its magazine's yearly Power Attorneys difficulty. The women and men on this listing handle a variety of cases, from simple gift contracts to complex corporate mergers which take weeks to iron out, but all of them have things in common. They all love working in the entertainment market. They all play a vital role in maintaining Hollywood's wheels turning. They're at the very top of the area. And judging from THR's survey -- they all drink a lot of coffee (a mean of 5.5 cups a day, even if calculations include the guy who promised to down 97 cups). Below, the Electricity Lawyers of 2017 talk about their most significant cases, disclose their personal political beliefs (only 14 percent think Donald Trump will get impeached) and reply the age-old question, "Which superhero would you want to reflect? ""

Cliff Gilbert-Lurie

Ziffren Brittenham Alma mater UC Berkeley School of Law Why he matters Gilbert-Lurie is the actual attorney behind Dick Wolf's Law & Order empire, which has entered the true-crime and unscripted area with NBC's Law & Order: True Crime -- The Menendez Murders. Wolf's Cold Justice was restored by Oxygen, which is rebranding as a true-crime network, and also the docuseries Inside the FBI: New York premieres April 27 on USA. Gilbert-Lurie also negotiated Tina Fey's most current deal with NBC, Sandra Bullock's pact for Ocean's 8 and Claire Danes' bargain for 2 more seasons of Homeland. Last TV show binged The Americans

Ruth Fisher

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Alma mater UCLA School of Law Why she issues As co-chair of her company 's media, entertainment and tech clinic, Fisher worked on DirecTV's multiyear deal with Disney. DirecTV parent AT&T also tapped her to analyze Time Warner's entertainment resources as part of its $85.4 billion proposed acquisition. She's also functioning (pro bono) on L.A.'s 2024 Olympic bidding. Comfort food "Petit Trois omelet. "

Robert "Bobby" Schwartz

Irell & Manella Alma mater USC Gould School of Law He matters In 2016, he assisted customer CBS predominate in a situation over whether it might play audio recordings made before 1972 without paying royalties. His novel approach: that CBS wasn't enjoying the first records but remastered models with different acoustic properties. "It's the sort of stuff we love to do," says Schwartz, "carrying a position and coming up with something no one has thought of to win the situation. " Last TV show binged Stranger Things

Harold Brown

Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown Alma mater UC Berkeley School of Law Why he matters With among Hollywood's biggest celebrities, Dwayne Johnson (The Fate of the Furious, Baywatch and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, also HBO's Ballers coming in July), as a client, Brown hasn't had much downtime this year. He also reps Stephen King and Michael Mann, who launched a book imprint in 2016. Most dangerous thing I've done in a decade "Riding my bike. I drove into a parked car, broke my hip and had to have it replaced. "