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"No envelope mix-up here! Meet the lawyers behind the 'Moonlight' Oscar winner, Melania's lawsuit, Bill O'Reilly's downfall, the year's biggest 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 lawyers, who once again gather in THR's webpages for its magazine's annual Power Lawyers difficulty. The men and women on this list handle a range of cases, from simple gift contracts to complex corporate mergers which take months to iron out, but all of them have things in common, look more interesting ideas. All of them love working in the entertainment market. They all play a vital part in maintaining Hollywood's wheels spinning. They're all at the very top of the field. And -- judging from THR's poll -- they drink a lot of coffee (a mean of 5.5 cups every day, if calculations include the man who promised to down 97 cups). Beneath, the Power Lawyers of 2017 talk about their most significant instances, reveal their private political beliefs (only 14 percent believe Donald Trump will get impeached) and answer the age-old question, "Which superhero would you want to represent? ""

Bob Myman

Myman Greenspan Fineman Fox Rosenberg & Light Alma mater USC Gould School of Law Why he things Myman was working together with The Leftovers showrunner Damon Lindelof prior to the Lost scribe even had an agent. He watched another of his longtime clients, Billy Bob Thornton, score a Golden Globe win for his performance in Amazon's legal play Goliath, and he shut prices for Angela Lansbury (Mary Poppins Returns) and Benjamin Bratt (Doctor Strange, Star) and also for Laura Prepon (Orange Is the New Black) to direct her first television episode. Most dangerous thing I've done in a decade "Playing golf in Yosemite this past year. I came across a corner, and there was a bear on the course. "

P.J. Shapiro

Ziffren Brittenham Alma mater USC Gould School of Law Why he matters He brokered customer and recently minted Oscar winner Emma Stone's deal for the drama The Favorite reverse Rachel Weisz. He also inked pacts to get Oscar nominee Bryan Cranston's next two films (Last Flag Flying and Untouchable) and helped Mindy Kaling secure roles in Ocean's 8 and A Wrinkle in Time. Who should play me in the picture of my life "If you can morph Dwayne Johnson with Larry David, that will be perfect. "

Stephen Saltzman

Loeb & Loeb Alma mater Columbia Law School Why he matters Among Hollywood's most busy dealmakers in China, Saltzman represented Huayi Bros. in its $350 million investment in a joint venture with Captain America: Civil War supervisors Joe and Anthony Russo and helped customer Le Vision Pictures USA hit a bargain to hire former Paramount Pictures president Adam Goodman as its head of U.S. surgeries. Most dangerous thing I've accomplished in a decade "I confronted a few adolescent pickpockets in a Metro station in Paris. I didn't have any idea how dangerous that was. "

Peter Nichols

Lichter Grossman Nichols Adler & Feldman Alma mater Stanford Law School Why he matters The long-anticipated sci-fi epic Valerian along with the Town of a Thousand Planets will finally become reality thanks in part to Nichols, who has repped director Luc Besson and his EuropaCorp for at least 20 years. Nichols also recruited EuropaCorp's new CEO, former Universal chairman (and client) Marc Shmuger. Other customers include animation directors Dean DeBlois (How to Train Your Dragon 3) and Chris Sanders (The Croods 2). Comfort food "Fried chicken. "

Faiza Saeed

Cravath Swaine & Moore Alma mater Harvard Law School Why she issues In January, following advising on several of the greatest media prices in the past -- Time Warner's impending $85.4 billion acquisition by AT&T, Amblin Partners' strategic partnership with China's Alibaba Pictures, DreamWorks Animation's $3.8 billion purchase by NBCUniversal, Yahoo's impending $4.83 billion acquisition by Verizon -- Saeed became the first female presiding partner in her elite law firm's two-century history. "Selling DreamWorks Animation was a particular milestone because I labored on its creation in 1995," she states. "It had been the culmination of a long relationship. " Most dangerous thing I've accomplished in a decade "Accept my existing occupation. "