2. Bill Neukom
Current Net Worth: $850 million
Up next in our list of most successful and influential lawyers in 2016 is bill, that is the former managing partner of the MLB team, the San Francisco Giants. He was also a former President of the American Bar Association. Bill is known for serving as the principal legal counsel of technology company Microsoft and was also previously the Chairman of the Gates law firm. He helped Microsoft defend its intellectual property numerous times, most notably during the cases against Apple.