What branch of law pays the best salary a year on an average...eg. corporate law, criminal law etc
2007-07-18 12:58:55 · 10 answers · asked by Love2Answer 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Law & Legal
The most lucrative, of course, is a personal injury liability attorney, but that's not based on salary nearly as much as it is on being successful at winning your cases.
In terms of salary/bonus work, I would think that intellectual property work or corporate law on the high end would be amongst the more lucrative.
Criminal law doesn't pay that well unless you develop a fantastic reputation and get to defend some very wealthy clients.
2007-07-18 14:48:55 · answer #1 · answered by acermill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Corporate. If a company makes a lot of money on something (product or service) and they outpace their competitors, a lot of smaller companies will try to file legal procedings - patent infringement cases and so forth - in an attempt to slow the big company down. You also have a lot of product liability issues that result in lots of litigation.
Major coporations keep legal teams on staff to handle these constant lawsuits. And, they pay them well. Certainly more than a prosecutor or public defender would make.
Unless you get yourself some high-profile cases - and win them - you probably won't have the kind of success that a defense attorney like, say, a Johnie Cochran had where you can make more money than being a corporate attorney.
2007-07-18 13:17:17 · answer #2 · answered by Paul in San Diego 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that easily relies upon on how crooked you're keen to be ....... i might say that the optimal paid man or woman I even have ever heard of in regulation is choose Judy together with her final contract at $a hundred Million money
2016-10-21 23:38:49 · answer #3 · answered by frasier 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tax lawyers do real well and so do commercial lawyers. A good divorce lawyer can also earn a very nice salary and they can do it solo w/out partners to split the profits w/
2007-07-18 15:11:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to corporate law..
2007-07-18 14:45:13 · answer #5 · answered by bum-bum 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always heard corporate.
2007-07-18 13:01:25 · answer #6 · answered by First Lady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The kind where people pay you more than $600.00 per hour.
International Arbitration, baby!!!
2007-07-18 13:38:53 · answer #7 · answered by ladyellei 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
contract or municipalities. big bucks if you're with the right firm and contract
2007-07-18 13:02:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
patent
2007-07-18 13:00:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crime
2007-07-18 13:01:25 · answer #10 · answered by Craig 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋