Power Lawyers 2010

The e-mails arrive in our inbox every couple of weeks.

Someone is desperately -- desperately! -- looking for a great Hollywood lawyer. Maybe it's an author fielding offers to turn her novel into a movie. Or a TV producer upset that a new reality show looks awfully similar to the concept he pitched a year ago. They invariably ask whether the editor of a blog devoted to entertainment law (THREsq.com) can offer a recommendation or two. Well, consider this issue to be one giant "reply all."

For The Hollywood Reporter's fourth edition of Power Lawyers, we researched the biggest deals and lawsuits of the year in film, television and music to zero in on the 100 attorneys who are most influencing the entertainment business. Only outside, private practice attorneys are eligible (no in-house studio, network or music-label execs), nor do we include guild or agency lawyers, professors or non-U.S. attorneys.

We've broken down the list into specialties (talent, litigation, corporate dealmaking and labor), hopefully creating a comprehensive resource filled only with great Hollywood lawyers. Still can't find one? Please don't shoot us an e-mail. -- Matthew Belloni

Click the categories below to access the list in each specialty.