List of lawyers - Definition and Overview

This is a list of people primarily famous as lawyers, ordered within each category alphabetically by last name. This list does not include lawyers who were also politicians who were famous primarily for their political achievements rather than for their work in litigation. For a list of famous judges, see list of jurists.

Lawyers primarily known for litigation

• David Boies
• Morgan Chu
• Marcia Clark
• Johnnie Cochran
• Clarence Darrow
• David Kendall
• Eliot Spitzer
• Jacques Verges

Lawyers primarily known for academic or scholarly works

• Stephen L. Carter
• Amy Chua
• Alan Dershowitz
• Lawrence Lessig

Lawyers primarily known for fiction writing

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

• John Grisham

Fictional lawyers

• Sylvester J. Sharky