9. Joe Brown
Current Net Worth: $30 million
Joe ranks 9th on our list of most successful and influential lawyers in 2016. It is the first African-American prosecutor in Memphis and helped pave the way for numerous African-American lawyers after him. He became well known for presiding over James Earl Ray’s appeal for the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. He also held the reality court show Judge Joe Brown for many years and it became syndicated in the US. The show is considered a spearhead for diversity on American television.
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