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"No envelope mix-up here! Meet the attorneys behind the 'Moonlight' Oscar winner, Melania's litigation, Bill O'Reilly's downturn, the year's most significant media megamergers and pretty much anything that matters in Hollywood. Extortion. Messy divorces. Nine-figure deals with Chinese media conglomerates. It's been a hectic year for Hollywood's potential attorneys, who once again gather in THR's pages for its magazine's annual Power Attorneys difficulty. The women and men on this listing manage a variety of cases, from simple talent contracts to complex corporate mergers which take weeks to iron out, however all of them have things in common. All of them love working in the entertainment industry, Barrie real estate lawyer. They all play a vital role in maintaining Hollywood's wheels turning. They're all at the very top of their field. And -- judging from THR's survey -- they all drink a lot of coffee (a mean of 5.5 cups a day, even if calculations incorporate the man who promised to down 97 cups). Beneath, the Electricity Lawyers of 2017 discuss their biggest cases, disclose their personal political beliefs (only 14 percent think Donald Trump will get impeached) and answer the age-old question, "Which superhero would you want to represent? ""

Jon Moonves

Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano Alma mater University of Virginia Law School He matters Moonves does mostly digital prices these days: He worked on the one for Robert and Michelle King's The Good Wife spinoff at CBS All Access, is advising Apple on its first programming (Planet of the Programs ) and is repping Instagram and YouTube stars Lele Pons and Bethany Mota. With former Maker Studios exec Chris M. Williams, he's launch a kids' digital media startup, Pocket.watch, that has raised $6 million by these investors as Robert Downey Jr. and brother Leslie Moonves. Superhero I'd most want to signify "Iron Man. I could see him on Shark Tank. "

Kelli Sager

Davis Wright Tremaine Alma mater University of Utah College of Law Why she matters Sports photographers have Sager to thank you for a victory in Maloney v. T3Media. A bunch of former NCAA student athletes resisted a league-sanctioned website that has been licensing images in their games, but the 9th Circuit sided with the website, holding that federal copyright law prohibits right of publicity claims. Sager also won a case on behalf of screenwriter Caroll Cartwright, whose ex-girlfriend sued for libel claiming his script What Maisie Knew was predicated on her behalf. Comfort food "Macaroni and cheese (I nearly said pizza, but that's much more of a staple). "

Craig Emanuel

Loeb & Loeb Alma mater Monash University Law He matters The Australia-born lawyer reflects Ryan Murphy's rising TV empire (Feud, American Horror Story along with the upcoming American Crime Story installments, Katrina and Versace) as well as several of this year's Oscar nominees, such as Hidden Figures producer Donna Gigliotti and Lion director Garth Davis and screenwriter Luke Davies. Client Daniel Day-Lewis is coming to the screen after a five-year hiatus to star in Paul Thomas Anderson's untitled next project. Last TV show binged Peaky Blinders

Ruth Fisher

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Alma mater UCLA School of Law Why she issues As co-chair of her firm's media, entertainment and technology clinic, Fisher worked on DirecTV's multiyear deal with Disney. DirecTV parent AT&T also tapped her to examine Time Warner's entertainment resources as part of its $85.4 billion proposed acquisition. She's also working (pro bono) on L.A.'s 2024 Olympic bidding. Comfort food "Petit Trois omelet. "

Larry Stein

Liner Alma mater USC Gould School of Law Why he things Stein nabbed a big win for client Blake Shelton in his national defamation lawsuit against In Touch Weekly. He convinced the court the lawsuit shouldn't be dismissed because the cover story that suggested the state crooner was in rehabilitation wasn't secure speech. (The singer and magazine later settled.) Last TV series binged Mozart in the Jungle