Top Ten Most Richest Lawyers

So, who are they? Here is a fast look in the wealthiest attorneys in the world, ranked from the lowest net value to the highest. Please be aware that the individuals on this list are practicing lawyers or judges. There are plenty of additional "lawyers" with a considerably higher net value, but they just have a law degree and no more use it.

Educated at the Kenya School of Law and Warwick University, Jane Wanjiru Michuki is a managing partner at Kimani & Michuki Advocate, a corporate law firm in Nairobi, Kenya that represents several of the largest corporations 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 stems from.

A 1976 graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law and also a prominent trial lawyer, Richard Scruggs is best known for his love of asbestos and tobacco cases and the fact he won more than $1 billion in judgements against different businesses. He was also highly involved in 2000's Ritalin class action suits, as well as the 2003 situation against Lehman Brothers for which he won a $51 million verdict. But in 2007, he was accused of judicial bribery. In 2008, he pled guilty and eventually served six years in prison. Now, at age 70, he's finished his sentence and has retained his massive fortune.

Born in 1935, Jordan has enjoyed a very long law career that began after his graduation from Howard University. (Additionally, he holds over 70 honorary degrees from several universities and colleges.) He is now the senior council, focusing on general council, business, and global law, in Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, and Feld LLP. His early career focused mostly on civil rights, while he later served as an advisor to President Clinton. Most of his fortune was made by representing huge businesses, such as Xerox and American Express, as well as spending time as Wall Street banker.

Though he was disbarred in 2009 because of his participation in a kickback scheme, William Lerach had a lucrative career as a corporate attorney with a specialization in private securities class action suits for over 30 decades, which is how he gathered his substantial fortune. Nicknamed the "King of Pain" and often referred to as the most dreaded attorney in American during his heyday, Lerach, a University of Pittsburg School of Law graduate, holds the record for the largest sum ever regained in a bunch of securities class actions suits for its $7.12 billion judgement he obtained against Enron.