Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive? Forum

[scifiguy]

Kind of a very broad question eh?

But I'm actually curious though. Who are some of the great lawyers of our age?

You can go by sector: ...like small law (Erin Brockovich?...Johnnie Cochrane?)...biglaw (who is a super famous partner?).....government (Supreme Court Justices?).....

Are there even such things as "great" lawyers - people who transcend their success and name in the legal community and are known by even the common man too?

Yes, I'm slightly bored, but I'm also serious too.

[rad lulz]

Rob Kardashian for helping to conceive Kim's ass.

[fatduck]

Johnny Cochran's dead, bro

[rad lulz]

Johnny Cochran's dead, bro

Fuck so's Rob

[04102014]

Johnny Cochran's dead, bro

Off topic, but every time I see the commercial with your tar I get a little bit angrier.

[magp90]

Eric Brockovich never went to law school, so I'm not sure she'd count either.

[scifiguy]

lol

[scifiguy]

BHO? no votes yet?

[Poo-T]

Matthew Mcconoughey

[stillwater]

The Lincoln Lawyer or the dude from A Time To Kill?

[joemoviebuff]

David Boies is pretty much as awesome as they come.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Boies

[magp90]

David Boies is pretty much as awesome as they come.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Boies

Yeeeeeesh.

After everything he's done, it's no wonder his "personal life" section is only one sentence.

[LaMuSayonga]

Abbe Lowell, the smartest man in Washington?

[dingbat]

I'm gonna say thesealocust.

For a serious response, go read Chambers

[Systematic1]

Joe Jamail
in action

[sinfiery]

Ari Gold

[JamMasterJ]

Chard Pennington

[Circlewave]

Jack McCoy

[ndirish2010]

John Roberts if he still counts.

[5ky]

Paul Clement for dat oration

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Clement

[BruceWayne]

Am I the only one who noticed this?

From the Boies wiki " Boies has dyslexia and he did not learn to read until the third grade"

That's actually really inspiring. And unlike a lot of big firm lawyers he didn't come from a white shoe background. It says his parents were teachers in rural Illinois. One thing that has really turned me off about law is how many successful lawyers are born into the profession from white shoe families. In many ways law is probably the biggest ole boy's club profession around.

[manofjustice]

David Boies is pretty much as awesome as they come.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Boies

Yeeeeeesh.

After everything he's done, it's no wonder his "personal life" section is only one sentence.

Also, Joe Jamail.

[manofjustice]

Am I the only one who noticed this?

From the Boies wiki " Boies has dyslexia and he did not learn to read until the third grade"

That's actually really inspiring. And unlike a lot of big firm lawyers he didn't come from a white shoe background. It says his parents were teachers in rural Illinois.

Yep. It sure is.

[manofjustice]

Vincent Bugliosi and Gerry Spence.

[Crowing]

am i the only person who gets really confused when people take other peoples' avatars?