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THR Names the Top 100 Power Lawyers of 2016

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Summary: The Hollywood Reporter has just released its list of the top entertainment lawyers of 2016.

Hollywood loves to know who its movers and shakers are, and its best entertainment attorneys are no exception. Yesterday, The Hollywood Reporter listed the Top 100 Power Lawyers of 2016, a list that they have been compiling and releasing for a decade.

“From the talent dealmakers for everyone from Jennifer Lawrence to Steven Spielberg to the litigators going to war for Disney, Warner Bros. and even Charlie Sheen, THR‘s list has become the bible for who’s who of legal minds in showbiz,” THR writes.

Their list includes everyone from litigation to transaction lawyers. According to THR, “This year, the list features Hulk Hogan’s Gawker slayers, the negotiators behind Wanda’s $3.5 billion purchase of Legendary Entertainment, both sides of the Kesha v. Dr. Luke mess, Sean Penn’s pit bull (who is threatening to take a $10 million bite out of Empireco-creator Lee Daniels) and slew of other attorneys who keep Hollywood running.”

The Hollywood Reporter’s Power Lawyers 2016 list:

*in alphabetical order

  1. Karl Austen, Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein
  2. Andrew Bart, Jenner & Block
  3. Daniel Black, Greenberg Traurig
  4. Jake Bloom, Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman
  5. Susan Bodine, Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard
  6. Christopher Brearton, Latham & Watkins
  7. Skip Brittenham, Ziffren Brittenham
  8. Harold Brown, Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown
  9. John Burke, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
  10. Joseph Calabrese, Latham & Watkins
  11. Lisa Callif, Donaldson and Callif
  12. Lindsay Conner, Manatt Phelps & Phillips
  13. Melanie Cook, Ziffren Brittenham
  14. Christine Cuddy, Kleinberg lange Cuddy & Carlo
  15. Robert Darwell, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
  16. Warren Dern, Sloane Offer Weber & Dern
  17. Scott Edelman, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
  18. David Eisman, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
  19. Craig A. Emanuel, Loeb & Loeb
  20. Matthew Erramouspe, O’Melveny & Meyers
  21. James Feldman, Lichter Grossman Nicholas Adler & Feldman
  22. Patti Felker, Felker Toczek Gellman Suddleson
  23. Bert Fields, Greenberg Glusker
  24. Sam Fischer, Ziffren Brittenham
  25. David Fox, Myman Greenspan Fineman Fox Rosenberg & Light
  26. Russell Frackman, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
  27. Bryan Freedman, Freedman & Taitelman
  28. Matt Galsor, Greenberg Glusker
  29. John Gatti, Manatt Phelps & Phillips
  30. Michael Gendler, Gendler & Kelly
  31. Cliff Gilbert-Lurie, Ziffren Brittenham
  32. Patty Glaser, Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro
  33. Carlos Goodman, Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman
  34. Joshua Grode, Irell & Manella
  35. Allen Grubman, Grubman Shire & Meiselas
  36. Tom Hansen, Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richman Rush & Kaller
  37. Charles Harder, Harder Mirell & Abrams
  38. David Hernand, Paul Hastings
  39. Ken Hertz, Hertz Lichtenstein & Young
  40. Alan Hergott, Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman
  41. Jim Jackoway, Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein
  42. Craig Jacobson, Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren Richman Rush & Kaller
  43. Matthew Johnson, Ziffren Brittenham
  44. Neville Johnson, Johnson & Johnson
  45. Adam Kaller, Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richman Rush & Kaller
  46. Joel Katz, Greenberg Traurig
  47. Martin Katz, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
  48. Richard Kendall, Kendall Brill & Klieger
  49. Howard King, King Holmes Paterno & Berliner
  50. Dale Kinsella, Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert
  51. Debbie Klein, Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein
  52. Ken Kleinberg, Kleinberg Lange Cuddy & Carlo
  53. Michael Kump, Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert
  54. David Lande, Ziffren Brittenham
  55. Christine Lepera, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
  56. Linda Lichter, Lichter Grossman Nichols Adler & Feldman
  57. Steve Marenberg, Irell & Manella
  58. Kevin Marks, Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown
  59. Mickey Mayerson, Loeb & Loeb
  60. Joel McKuin, McKuin Frankel Whitehead
  61. Darrell Miller, Fox Rothschild
  62. Schuyler Moore, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
  63. Kevin Morris, Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Krintzman Rubenstein Kohner & Gellman
  64. Bob Myman, Myman Greenspan Fineman Fox Rosenberg & Light
  65. Peter Nelson, Nelson Davis
  66. Jeanne Newman, Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richman Rush & Kaller
  67. Pierce O’Donnell, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger
  68. Robert Offer, Sloane Offer Weber & Dern
  69. Charles Ortner, Proskauer Rose
  70. Jodi Peikoff, Peikoff Mahan
  71. Daniel Petrocelli, O’Melveny & Myers
  72. Michael Plonsker, Plonsker Law
  73. Bruce Ramer, Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown
  74. Ken Richman, Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richman Rush & Kaller
  75. Lawrence Rose, Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown
  76. Nancy Rose, Schreck Rose Dapello & Adams
  77. Matthew Rosengart, Greenberg Traurig
  78. Gretchen Rush, Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richman Rush & Kaller
  79. Michael Schenkman, Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman
  80. Ira Schreck, Schreck Rose Dapello & Adams
  81. Robert Schwartz, Irell & Manella
  82. P.J. Shapiro, Ziffren Brittenham
  83. Nina Shaw, Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano
  84. Martin Singer, Lavely & Singer
  85. Jason Sloane, Sloane Offer Weber & Dern
  86. Larry Stein, Liner
  87. Doug Stone, Stone Genow Smelkinson Binder & Christopher
  88. Richard Stone, Jenner & Block
  89. Matthew Thompson, Sidley Austin
  90. Fred Toczek, Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson
  91. Stephen Tsoneff, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
  92. Steve Warren, Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richman Rush & Kaller
  93. David Weber, Sloane Offer Weber & Dern
  94. Howard Weitzman, Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert
  95. Alan Wertheimer, Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein
  96. Alonzo Wickers, Davis Wright Tremaine
  97. Bryan Wolf, Ziffren Brittenham
  98. Kevin Yorn, Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Krintzman Rubenstein Kohner & Gellman
  99. Jonathan Zavin, Loeb & Loeb
  100. Ken Ziffren, Ziffren Brittenham

For the full list which includes biographies, see the original post at The Hollywood Reporter.

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