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Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:39 pm
by 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. :lol:

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:40 pm
by rad lulz
Rob Kardashian for helping to conceive Kim's ass.

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:43 pm
by fatduck
Johnny Cochran's dead, bro

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:43 pm
by rad lulz
fatduck wrote:Johnny Cochran's dead, bro
Fuck so's Rob

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:47 pm
by 04102014
fatduck wrote:Johnny Cochran's dead, bro
Off topic, but every time I see the commercial with your tar I get a little bit angrier.

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:11 pm
by magp90
Eric Brockovich never went to law school, so I'm not sure she'd count either.

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:12 pm
by scifiguy
lol

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:13 pm
by scifiguy
BHO? no votes yet?

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:13 pm
by Poo-T
Matthew Mcconoughey

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:15 pm
by stillwater
The Lincoln Lawyer or the dude from A Time To Kill?

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:16 pm
by joemoviebuff
David Boies is pretty much as awesome as they come.

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

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:18 pm
by magp90
joemoviebuff wrote: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.

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:27 pm
by LaMuSayonga
Abbe Lowell, the smartest man in Washington?

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:43 pm
by dingbat
I'm gonna say thesealocust.

For a serious response, go read Chambers

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:02 pm
by Systematic1

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:06 pm
by sinfiery
Ari Gold

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:12 pm
by JamMasterJ
Chard Pennington

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:16 pm
by Circlewave
Jack McCoy

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:46 am
by ndirish2010
John Roberts if he still counts.

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:52 am
by 5ky
Paul Clement for dat oration

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

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:53 am
by BruceWayne
Am I the only one who noticed this? :shock:

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.

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:57 am
by manofjustice
magp90 wrote:
joemoviebuff wrote: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.

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:58 am
by manofjustice
BruceWayne wrote:Am I the only one who noticed this? :shock:

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.

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:03 am
by manofjustice
Vincent Bugliosi and Gerry Spence.

Re: Who Are the Greatest Lawyers Alive?

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:05 am
by Crowing
am i the only person who gets really confused when people take other peoples' avatars?