"No envelope mix-up here! Meet the lawyers behind the 'Moonlight' Oscar winner, Melania's lawsuit, Bill O'Reilly's downturn, the year's most significant 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 lawyers, who once more gather in THR's pages for the magazine's yearly Power Lawyers issue. The women and men on this list handle a range of cases, from simple gift contracts to complex corporate mergers that take months to iron out, but they all have things in common. All of them love working in the entertainment market. They all play a very important part in maintaining Hollywood's wheels turning. They're at the very top of the area. And judging from THR's poll -- they all drink too much coffee (a mean of 5.5 cups a day, if calculations include the man who claimed to down 97 cups). Beneath, the Power Lawyers of 2017 discuss their biggest cases, disclose their personal political beliefs (only 14 percent think Donald Trump will get impeached) and answer the age-old question, "Which superhero would you want to reflect? ""
Matt Galsor
Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger Alma mater Columbia University School of Law Why he issues For customer James Cameron, Galsor negotiated deals for The Informationist (to follow along with Avatar sequels) as well as Disney's Pandora theme park attraction. In addition, he closed Tom Cruise's deal for Mission: Impossible 6 and is working on another for a Top Gun sequel. Most dangerous thing I've accomplished in a decade "Hit 'answer all. ' "
Harold Brown
Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown Alma mater UC Berkeley School of Law He matters With among Hollywood's main celebrities, Dwayne Johnson (The Fate of the Furious, Baywatch and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, also HBO's Ballers returning in July), as a customer, Brown hasn't had much downtime this season. He reps Stephen King and Michael Mann, who found a book imprint in 2016. Most dangerous thing I've accomplished in a decade "Riding my bike. I turned right into a parked car, broke my hip and had to get it replaced. "
Karl Austen
Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein Alma mater Harvard Law School Why he matters In movie, Austen recently closed deals for the Russo brothers (to guide the subsequent two Avengers movies), Fede Alvarez (to helm The Girl in the Spider's Web) and Matt Reeves (to reinvent Batman for Warner Bros.). On the TV side, he's working on extending Transparent founder Jill Soloway's deal with Amazon as her brand new dramedy, I Love Dick, readies its debut May 12. Last TV show binged Orphan Black
David Fox
Myman Greenspan Fineman Fox Rosenberg & Light Alma mater Western State College of Law Why he matters Fox repetitions among the busiest producers in town, Dan Lin, that this season has The Lego Batman Movie, Lego Ninjago, Death Note and also an adaptation of Stephen King's It. Christopher McQuarrie is coming for another Mission: Impossible film, while another client, James Wan, who is presently directing Aquaman, continues to expand his Conjuring movie world. Most dangerous thing I've done in a decade "Get remarried. "
Robert Klieger
Hueston Hennigan. Alma mater Stanford Law School Why he things Sumner Redstone and daughter Shari turn to Klieger to handle their (often salacious) litigation. He cleaned several lawful dustups involving board members and now is setting his sights on reclaiming the millions Sumner gifted his former companions while they were at his good graces. The girlfriends, meanwhile, are separately suing Sumner's daughter, claiming she enlisted staff to spy them. Most dangerous thing I've accomplished in a decade "Tried to trimming my kitty 's claws. "
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