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Summary: The Hollywood Reporter has released a list of the most powerful 100 attorneys for 2015. They handle cyberattacks and sex scandals on a regular basis.
The Top 100 Lawyers (listed alphabetically) are well adept at taking on some of the most difficult cases with some of the most difficult Hollywood clients. The below listed attorneys were selected since they worked on the biggest deals and legal cases of the year in Hollywood. They also evaluated the reputations of the attorneys within the industry.
Tom K Ara – Corporate lawyer for Greenberg Traurig LLP
Karl Austen – Talent lawyer for Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein
Jake Bloom – Talent lawyer for Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman
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Christopher D Brearton – Corporate lawyer for Latham & Watkins
Skip Brittenham – Talent lawyer for Ziffren Brittenham
Harold Brown – Talent lawyer for Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown
John Burke – Corporate lawyer for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Richard S Busch – Litigator for King & Ballow
Joseph Calabrese – Corporate lawyer for Latham & Watkins
Lindsay Conner – Corporate lawyer for Manatt Phelps & Phillips
Melanie Cook – Talent lawyer for Ziffren Brittenham
Robert Darwell – Corporate lawyer for Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Warren Dern – Talent lawyer for Sloane Offer Weber & Dern
Scott Edelman – Litigator for Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
David Eisman – Corporate lawyer for Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Craig Emanuel – Talent lawyer for Loeb & Loeb
Bonnie Eskenazi – Litigator for Greenberg Glusker
James Feldman – Talent lawyer for Lichter Grossman Nichols Adler & Feldman
Patti Felker – Talent lawyer for Felker Toczek Gellman Suddleson
Bert Fields – Litigator for Greenberg Glusker
Sam Fischer – Talent lawyer for Ziffren Brittenham
Ruth Fisher – Corporate lawyer for Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
David Fox – Talent lawyer for Myman Greenspan Fineman Fox Rosenberg & Light
Russell Frackman – Litigator for Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
Bryan Freedman – Litigator for Freedman & Taitelman
John Gatti – Litigator for Manatt Phelps & Phillips
Seth Gelblum – Talent lawyer for Loeb & Loeb
Harvey Geller – Litigator for Gradstein & Marzano
Michael Gendler – Talent lawyer for Gendler & Kelly
Cliff Gilbert-Lurie – Talent lawyer for Ziffren Brittenham
Patty Glaser – Litigator for Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro
Carlos Goodman – Talent lawyer for Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman
Josh Grode – Corporate lawyer for Irell & Manella
Allen Grubman – Talent lawyer for Grubman Shire & Meiselas
Tom Hansen – Talent lawyer for Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richamn Rush & Kellar
Alan Hergott – Talent lawyer for Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman
Barry Hirsch – Talent lawyer for Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof & Fishman
Jim Jackoway – Talent lawyer for Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein
Craig Jacobson – Talent lawyer for Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richamn Rush & Kellar
Matthew Johnson – Talent lawyer for Ziffren Brittenham
Neville Johnson – Litigator for Johnson & Johnson
Joel Katz – Talent lawyer for Greenberg Traurig
Martin Katz – Litigator for Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Bruce Keller – Litigator for Debevoise & Plimpton
Richard Kendall – Litigator for Kendall Brill & Klieger
Howard King – Litigator for King Holmes Paterno & Berliner
Dale Kinsella – Litigator for Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert
Deborah Klein – Talent lawyer for Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein
Ken Kleinberg – Talent lawyer for Kleinberg Lange Cuddy & Carlo
Michael Kump – Litigator for Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert
David Lande – Talent lawyer for Ziffren Brittenham
Bob Lange – Talent lawyer for Kleinberg Lange Cuddy & Carlo
Linda Lichter – Talent lawyer for Lichter Grossman Nichols Adler & Feldman
Steve Marenberg – Litigator for Irell & Manella
Kevin Masuda – Corporate lawyer for Munger Tolles & Olson
Mickey Mayerson – Corporate lawyer for Loeb & Loeb
Joel McKuin – Talent lawyer for McKuin Frankel Whitehead
Jon Moonves – Talent lawyer for Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano
Schuyler Moore – Corporate lawyer for Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Aaron Moss – Litigator for Greenberg Glusker
Bob Myman – Talent lawyer for Myman Greenspan Fineman Fox Rosenberg & Light
Peter Nelson – Talent lawyer for Nelson Davis
Jeanne Newman – Talent lawyer for Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richman Rush & Kaller
Peter Nichols – Talent lawyer for Lichter Grossman Nichols Adler & Feldman
Robert Offer – Talent lawyer for Sloane Offer Weber & Dern
Anthony Oncidi – Litigator for Proskauer Rose
Charles Ortner – Litigator for Proskauer Rose
Jodi Peikoff – Talent lawyer for Peikoff Mahan
Daniel Petrocelli – Litigator for O’Melveny & Myers
Michael Plonsker – Litigator for Plonsker Law
Glenn Pomerantz – Litigator for Munger Tolles & Olson
Marvin Putnam – Litigator for O’Melveny & Myers
Bruce Ramer – Talent lawyer for Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown
Ken Richman – Talent lawyer for Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richman Rush & Kaller
Lawrence Rose – Talent lawyer for Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown
Nancy Rose – Talent lawyer for Schreck Rose Dapello & Adams
Mathew Rosengart – Litigator for Greenberg Traurig
Gretchen Rush – Talent lawyer for Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richman Rush & Kaller
Kelli Sager – Litigator for Davis Wright Tremaine
Michael Schenkman – Talent lawyer for Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman
Ira Schreck – Talent lawyer for Schreck Rose Dapello & Adams
Robert Schwartz – Litigator for O’Melveny & Myers
P.J. Shapiro – Talent lawyer for Ziffren Brittenham
Nina Shaw – Talent lawyer for Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano
Martin Singer – Litigator for Lavely & Singer
Jason Sloane – Talent lawyer for Sloane Offer Weber & Dern
Larry Stein – Litigator for Liner
Richard L Stone – Litigator for Jenner & Block
Matthew Thompson – Corporate lawyer for Stroock
Bruce Tobey – Corporate lawyer for O’Melveny & Myers
Fred Toczek – Talent lawyer for Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson
Steve Warren – Talent lawyer for Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richman Rush & Kaller
David Weber – Talent lawyer for Sloane Offer Weber & Dern
Howard Weitzman – Litigator for Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert
Alan Wertheimer – Talent lawyer for Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein
Alonzo Wickers – Litigator for Davis Wright Tremaine
Bryan Wolf – Talent lawyer for Ziffren Brittenham
Kevin Yorn – Talent lawyer for Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Krintzman Rubenstein Kohner & Gellman
Ken Ziffren – Talent lawyer for Ziffren Brittenham
Susan Zuckerman Williams – Corporate lawyer for Loeb & Loeb
Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/list/power-lawyers-2015-hollywoods-top-789120
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