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500500Thomas Demetrio Corboy & Demetrio (Chicago) Illinois’ <strong>to</strong>p plaintiff lawyer,along with New York’s Tom Moore, successfully <strong>to</strong>ok on Bravo and <strong>the</strong> RealHousewives franchise for <strong>the</strong>ir egregious behavior, while also suing <strong>the</strong> NFL onbehalf of <strong>the</strong> family of former Chicago Bear Dave Duerson, who committed suicideand asked that his brain be studied for <strong>the</strong> impact of long-term head injuries, inaddition <strong>to</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r NFL players.Bruce Deming Coving<strong>to</strong>n & Burling (San Francisco) Deming has representedMicrosoft in some of its largest acquisitions <strong>to</strong> date, including its $1.1 billionacquisition of AOL’s patent portfolio and its $8.5 billion purchase of Skype.Robert Denham Munger Tolles (Los Angeles) It’s good <strong>to</strong> be WarrenBuffet’s favorite dealmaker: Denham has represented <strong>the</strong> legendary inves<strong>to</strong>r in billionsof dollars of deals, most recently his $5B investment in Bank of America.Otway Denny Fulbright & Jaworski (Hous<strong>to</strong>n) The global chair ofFulbright’s litigation department is <strong>the</strong> go-<strong>to</strong> defense litiga<strong>to</strong>r for <strong>the</strong> Energy industrywhen catastrophes occur.Kelly Dermody Lieff Cabraser (San Francisco) Dermody delivers foremployees and consumers, taking on Abercrombie & Fitch, Home Depot andSmithBarney over employment practices and Providian for credit card claims.John Desmarais Desmarais Law Firm (New York) After winning billions inverdicts at K&E for IP clients, he is in <strong>the</strong> forefront of monetizing patent portfolioswith auctions of covenants not <strong>to</strong> sue.Marshall Doke Gardere (Dallas) The brilliant and remarkable Doke is <strong>the</strong>nation’s leading authority on government contracts - a skill he’s putting <strong>to</strong> use asaudi<strong>to</strong>r of <strong>the</strong> ABA.Don Downing Gray Ritter (St. Louis) Winning million-dollar awards fromfive jury trials for rice producers, Downing couldn’t have planned it better as BayerCrop Sciences eventually agreed <strong>to</strong> a $750M settlement for contaminating ricethrough genetic engineering.Conal Doyle Willoughby & Doyle (Oakland) This plaintiff lawyer has a naturalpassion for <strong>the</strong> underdog as a right-leg amputee, which he used <strong>to</strong> fuel his advocacyfor an immigrant detainee who died of penile cancer after he was denied abiopsy for a lesion; Doyle won his survivors $4M.David Drummond Google (Mountain View, Calif.) Google’s chief legalofficer is coming out ahead in <strong>the</strong> legal battles over smart phones, facing down billionsof dollars in claims, while working with governments worldwide <strong>to</strong> deflateclaims of anti-competition.L A W D R A G O N 92 I s s u e 13 Pho<strong>to</strong> by: Dave Lauridsen
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