"No envelope mix-up here! Meet the lawyers behind the 'Moonlight' Oscar winner, Melania's litigation, 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 power lawyers, who once again gather in THR's webpages for the magazine's yearly Power Attorneys issue. The men and women on this listing handle a variety of cases, from simple talent contracts to complex corporate mergers which take weeks to iron out, however all of them have things in common. They all love working in the entertainment industry. They all play a vital role in maintaining Hollywood's wheels turning. They're all at the very top of their field. And -- judging from THR's poll -- they all drink too much coffee (a mean of 5.5 cups a day, even if calculations incorporate the guy who claimed to down 97 cups). Beneath, the Electricity Lawyers of 2017 discuss their biggest cases, reveal their private political beliefs (just 14 percent believe Donald Trump will get impeached) and answer the age-old question, "Which superhero would you most want to reflect? ""
Aaron Moss
Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger Alma mater Harvard Law School Why he matters Moss is representing Riot Games at a situation involving trafficking in Castle of Legends accounts. He also 's also repping Discovery Communications over if the business accounts for the social media accounts of a reality TV star. Comfort food "Chili with mac and cheese on top. "
Rick Genow
Stone, Genow, Smelkinson, Binder & Christopher Alma mater Harvard Law School He matters Genow, a successful signer, recently closed a deal which will see Debra Messing return for a new period of NBC's Will & Grace and renegotiated Taylor Schilling's new season of Orange Is the New Black (doubling her commission ) and created a movie deal for customer Michael Pena for Extinction. Comfort Food "Anything Dan Tana's is serving. "
Bryan Wolf
Ziffren Brittenham Alma mater Columbia Law School Why he things A major season for Judd Apatow means a longer workday for Wolf. He also repped the comedy auteur in numerous deals, including one with HBO to get Crashing, another with Netflix for its next season of Love along with the $12 million deal with Amazon to get Sundance hit The Big Sick. He also negotiated the deal on behalf of Weinstein Co.. Television for David O. Russell's forthcoming Amazon series. Comfort food "anything with avocado. "
Marissa Roman Griffith
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Alma mater Stanford Law School Why she things Griffith helped secure funding for 2 of this season 's most likely projects -- Edgar Wright's Baby Driver and the adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower. On the TV side, she assisted with financing for Media Rights Capital productions including Netflix's House of Cards, the Jason Bateman-Laura Linney series Ozarks as well as the J.K. Simmons sci-fi thriller Counterpart for Starz. Superhero I'd most want to signify "Wonder Woman. She's a powerful, confident girl. And her lasso of truth stone. "
Marty Singer
Lavely & Singer Alma mater Brooklyn Law School Why he matters This past year, the master litigator won a $2.3 million arbitration award for Content Partners at a dispute with Cross Creek Pictures over feature The Woman in Black. He also 's currently preparing for a July trial contrary to The Weinstein Co. on behalf of manager David Frankel, who stated that Harvey Weinstein had no intention of committing after burying Frankel's movie, One Chance, even though guaranteeing a wide release. Client Sharon Stone is going to trial this summer in a lawsuit against producer Bob Yari; the celebrity claims he tried to get her to falsify records to operate in Cuba on his current Ernest Hemingway biopic. Comfort food "Turkey burgers. "
Jared Levine
Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Krintzman Rubenstein Kohner & Gellman Alma mater Harvard Law School He matters Levine was a celebration to one of Hollywood's greatest success stories of the year: Jordan Peele's bargain to create Get Out with QC and Blumhouse ($170 million earned so far to a $4.5 million funding ). The Dodgers superfan additionally negotiated Skip Bayless' jump to Fox Sports and Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon's long-term expansion at ESPN. Client Mike Royce co-created Netflix's One Day at a Time reboot, Aziz Ansari won an Emmy for writing Master of None and Zach Galifianakis watched his FX comedy Baskets revived for a third season. Best present a customer ever gave me "A Segway. "
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