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500500Frank Branson Law Office of Frank Branson (Dallas) One of Dallas’ mostcommitted public servants, Branson and his firm continue to win millions for consumerswho have been injured, including $8M for a woman who suffered burnsfrom a defective product and $10.66M for a doctor who suffered financial lossesafter being defrauded by medical device companies.Stephen Breyer U.S. Supreme Court (Washington, dc) In his 18th term onthe high court bench, the thoughtful jurist continues to define much of the court’smore liberal jurisprudence, as well as numerous business and IP disputes.Brad Brian Munger Tolles (Los Angeles) Brian is tough as nails, which he’sproving in his defense of Halliburton in conjunction with the Gulf Oil Spill andshowed in his representation of a former Trust Company of the West bond trader,who avoided damages for breach of fiduciary duty and won $67M on a cross complaintfor unpaid wages.Reed Brodsky U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York Thisprosecutor’s hard-nosed strategy was perhaps the tipping point that led to the convictionsof financial kingpins Raj Rajaratnam and Rajat Gupta.Juanita Brooks Fish & Richardson (San Diego) She is the lead counsel forMicrosoft, who has managed to shave damages against the tech giant in its longrunningbattle with Lucent.Martin Buchanan Law Office of Martin Buchanan (San Diego) He expertlywon a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision in Wiliamson v. Mazda, whichcreated new law on preemption, allowing plaintiffs to sue in state court for failureto provide lap and shoulder belts.Susanna Buergel Paul Weiss (New York) An up-and-coming star, Buergelhas won major matters for Ericcson, Viking Global and Citigroup, for which she ishandling massive subprime and credit-crisis related litigation.Donald Bussard Richards Layton (Wilmington) The talented Delawaredealmaker represented Pharmasset Inc. in its acquisition by Gilead Sciences Inc.for $11 billion.Elizabeth Cabraser Lieff Cabraser (San Francisco) As good as they comein complex class actions, this fearless advocate is serving as co-lead counsel forplaintiffs in cases involving injuries and death from Toyota’s sudden accelerationaccidents.Tim Cameron Cravath (New York) One of the few lawyers to have defendeda client - Vivendi, S.A. - in two securities jury trials, Cameron continues to be aleader in securities litigation, while also advising across a broad spectrum of frequentlyinternational complex litigation and arbitration matters.L A W D R A G O N 80 I s s u e 13 Photo by: Annie Tritt