Top 10 Amazing Defense Lawyers

I don’t know about you, but when I think ‘defense lawyer’ the first thing that pops into my brain is, ‘How many laws can I break to get the most bang for my buck?’. In other words what sort of crap can I pull before my defense lawyer runs out of believable excuses? Or…you know…runs out of cash to bail me out. Whichever comes first. For all intents and purposes a defense lawyer is the human version of a get-out-of-jail-free-card, and if you’re planning to stray from the path of legal and moral riotousness, then it’s probably best that you have a list of some of the top defense layers out there. Just so you know who to make that one phone call to. In order to make it onto the much coveted list compiled by the United States Lawyer Rankings, a defense attorney has to be nominated by their peers. Criteria used for this list is based on the results from a 100 point confidential questionnaire, with a score of 90 or above.
These attorneys have proven themselves with excellent track records in the defense of white collar crimes, complicated litigation cases, challenging Federal and State laws and service to their communities. Criminal defense is a tough and complicated area of law to practice. It takes drive, determination and an unfaltering desire to win, to successfully practice criminal defense law. Each one of these attorneys has fought for their clients and shown time and again that they are tenacious and tireless defenders of their client’s right to a fair trial and successful judgment.
Let’s face it, the majority of the population is filled with people who should be spending time in jail. Or who’re completely innocent of the crimes they’ve been accused of, though those cases are boring and full of ‘do the right thing’ feel good moments. So for the purpose of this article, we’ll assume that EVERYONE is guilty (even if you’re not). It’s called discrimination, I don’t know what type. Look it up. You may be able to sue me for it. Anyway, when you eventually find yourself in need of a defense lawyer, why not choose from the cream of the crop. These are the top 10 badass defense lawyers for 2010.

10. Charles Lembcke

of the Charles B. Lembcke, PA firm in Jacksonville, FL. This is the second year in a row that Lembcke has found a place on the The United States Lawyer Rankings Top 10 List. Lembcke is pretty popular in terms of white collar crimes as well as complex civil litigation cases in federal and state courts. If you aren’t sure what white collar crime is, then think Martha Stuart crimes versus Larry the Cable Guy crimes. Admitted to the Florida Bar in 1971, he received his degree in law from the University of Florida. Mr. Lembcke served in the United States Attorney’s Office in Jacksonville, FL from 1974-1977 and began his private practice in 1977. He started his law office in 2003 and his firm specializes in litigation. Some of their more notable cases dealt with things like McDonald’s Monopoly games, fraud in a Jacksonville beverage company, cocaine trafficking, healthcare fraud, and etc. All of which their clients came out on top.

9.  Robert L. Ullman

a partner at Nutter, McClennan & Fish in Boston, MA specializes in government investigations and white collar defense and litigation. He received his Law Degree from Harvard and apparently, the expensive education paid off because this is the fifth year that Ullman has been featured on the top 10 list. Something to brag about when he goes back for his high-school reunion at least. After ten years with the Justice Department in 1994 he was appointed as Senior Litigation Counsel by Attorney General Janet Reno. He was named among the top 100 Massachusetts Super Lawyers from 2004-2009 (which again gives him mucho bragging rights). Mr. Ullman is a Fellow of the American College of Trail Lawyers, and he also serves on the Nutter Executive Committee.

8. Lawernce Lustberg

of the firm Gibbons Law in Newark, NJ is the Director of the John J. Gibbons Fellowship in Public Interest and Constitutional Law. He is also the Chair of the Criminal Defense Department. He received his Law Degree cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1983. From 1985-1990 he served as an Assistant Public Defender for the District of New Jersey. He is currently an Adjunct Assistant Law Professor at Rutgers University Law School and Seton Hall University Law School. Mr. Lustberg was named one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in New Jersey for Criminal Defense: White Collar in 2010. He is a Fellow in the American Bar Association. His practice specializations are appellate practice and criminal defense.

7. Jeffery D. Coleman

a partner in the Litigation Department of Jenner & Block in Chicago, IL has been practicing law for 35 years. He received his Law Degree from Stanford Law School in 1973, and was accepted into the Illinois State Bar in 1975. His specialties include civil and criminal litigation and he has represented private citizens and large law firms in a variety of cases involving fraud, class action suits, grand jury investigations, and criminal cases at both the state and federal courts. Currently Mr. Coleman is a member of the team of lawyers in his firm that are representing prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. He is also very involved with many pro bono cases and defending indigent persons. Recently he represented the Governor of Illinois in a voting litigation procedure. He was named one of the Best Lawyers in America for the years 2006-2010, and has several honors for his pro-bono service and has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer since 2005.

6. Thomas Pollack

of the firm Irell & Manella, Los Angeles, CA, received his Law Degree in 1968 from the New York University of Law. He is also a member of the California and New York State Bars. He is a former acting Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California. Mr. Pollack has defended many high profile white collar defendants against the IRS, SEC and FTC. His cases have included successful rulings in a jury trial in defense of a CEO of a motion picture studio on tax evasion and defense from insider trading charges by an agent of a real estate company. Mr. Pollacks’ areas of expertise include white collar crimes, securities litigation and civil and criminal litigation. For the past ten years he has been named a Best Lawyer in America and was included on the Super Lawyers list for Southern California in 2010 by the Los Angels Magazine.

5. James Brosnahan

is a Senior Partner of the Morrison & Foester Law Firm in San Francisco, CA and has been practicing law for over 50 years. He received his Law Degree in 1959 from Harvard’s Law School. He is a member of the Arizona and California State Bar Associations. He uses his experience to receive successful rulings in defense of charges that include competition and antitrust laws, employment laws, product liability, complex commercial litigation and high profile white collar criminal cases. To date he has had over 140 successful verdicts. Mr. Brosnahan has been honored with such accolades as his induction in 2006 into the California’s Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame and in the same year was named by the National Law Journal as one of America’s most influential trial lawyers. Chambers USA has named him a leading lawyer since its inception. Mr. Brosnahan has been included in The Best Lawyers of America list for over 20 years. He’s been involved in many high profile cases, which include the successful defense of the Altera Corportaion, defense of 3M in Breast Implant litigation, the Iran-Contra hearings, defense of John Walker Lindh for terrorism charges and USA vs Elias Psinakis for Interstate transportation of explosives.

4. Stephen L. Braga

a partner of the Ropes & Gray Law Firm in Washington, DC specializes in the areas of civil and criminal litigation cases, which include antitrust, government enforcement, securities enforcement, securities litigation and white collar crime. He received his Law Degree magna cum laude in 1981 from Georgetown University Law Center where he serves as an adjunct professor teaching legal ethics, civil litigation and evidence. Mr. Braga is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. His many honors and awards include the Gideon Champion of Justice Award from the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, The Best Lawyers in Washington, Washington D.C. Super Lawyer and the Top Ten Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is a member of the Washington D.C. Bar Association.

3. Stephen C. Cowen

is a partner of the King & Spalding Special Matters and Government Investigations Practice in Atlanta, GA. He received his Law Degree cum laude from Harvard in 1972. He is a member of the State Bar Associations of Florida, Georgia and the District of Columbia. Mr. Cowen served in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia from 1976-1979. He spent 1979-1982 as a prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida in Tampa. After this he spent three years with the Atlanta US Attorney’s Office as the First Assistant and Chief of the Criminal Division and in 1986 was the court appointed US Attorney General of Atlanta. His areas of expertise include white collar crimes, internal corporate investigations, development of compliance plans, civil litigation and federal securities fraud. The current edition of The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA include him as a leading attorney. He has presented to the SEC, Department of Justice and the HHS Office of the Inspector General findings of internal investigations for several of his clients.

2. Eliot Lauer

partner and co-chair of the Litigation Group at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle in New York, NY specializes in the practice areas of commercial litigation and arbitration, commodities, criminal defense and government investigations, intellectual property litigation, internal investigation, international arbitration, professional liability and securities litigation. He has successfully defended his clients against charges of mail and wire fraud, tax fraud, commodities fraud, market manipulation, product liability and other complex litigation in white collar crime. Mr. Lauer is a member of the New York State and District of Columbia Bar Associations as well as the American Bar Association, Federal Bar Council and The Association of the Bar of New York City. He has presented the findings of many investigations for his clients to such entities as the SEC, Department of Justice, National Association of Securities Dealers and other agencies. He is well versed in domestic and international arbitration and mediation representation. Mr. Lauer is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbard.

1. Carol Elder Bruce

And finally, the badass to end all badassess, Carol Elder Bruce. A partner at the Bracewell & Guiliani International Law Firm in Washington, DC, Ms. Bruce specializes in the defense of white collar criminal cases and complex litigations. She has successfully defended her private and corporate clients in cases involving criminal grand jury investigations and congressional investigations. Ms. Bruce received her Law Degree from the Law School at Georgetown University in 1974. She is a member of Bar Association of the Columbia District. As the only woman named in the 2010 edition of the United State’s Lawyer Rankings for the Nation’s Top Criminal Defense Lawyer, Ms. Bruce has several accolades to her name. She is a Fellow in American College of Trial Lawyers, in 2010 she was elected Fellow to the Litigation Counsel of America, she was named a star of National White Collar in Crime Litigation and the star of Columbia District White Collar in Crime Litigation. She was also named in the 2009 Ethisphere Institute’s as one of the best attorneys in Corporate Compliance. For five years, Ms. Bruce has been included in the United State’s Layer Rankings for the Nation’s Top Criminal Defense Lawyers. She was also named the Nation’s Top Commercial Litigation Lawyer from 2006 to 2009. Ms. Bruce has received numerous awards for her achievements which include the 2007 Beacon of Justice Award, The Fredrick Douglas Human Rights Award, The Belva Ann Lockwood Award and in October of 2009 she received the Jacob Burns Award for Extraordinary Service. Ms. Bruce has also received a Martin-Hubble AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating. These awards and honors are just a few of the examples of why Carol Elder Bruce has earned the number one slot for The Top 10 Most Amazing Lawyers of 2010. In the end, she’s sort of like Kate Beckinsale from Underworld, except without all the leather since the angsty vampire look goes against some lawyer code.

Meet the Top Ten Lawyers / Here are the Godfather of Silicon Valley, the Odd Man Out, the attorney known as the Last Hope, the Cop, a real Perry Mason, and, among others, our own cover boy, everyone's No. 1.

As the saying goes, it takes one to know one. We canvassed scores of lawyers, judges, headhunters and other legal observers for their picks. Here are the 25 lawyers whose names came up the most often and with the most enthusiasm.The Top 10 are going to cost you - ballpark, $500 an hour.
1. John Keker: Trial Lawyer
Call around and ask lawyers and judges at random: Who's the best lawyer in town? The answers are almost always the same:
"Well, there's Keker, of course."
"You mean other than Keker? Well..."
"John Keker. He's gotta be No. 1."
And so he is.
John Keker, 59, is a trial lawyer. Not a criminal lawyer or a corporate lawyer or any other label you try to give him. He does trials. That's it.

And don't even think of calling him a "litigator."
"Litigators are people who sit around in a conference room," says Keker. "Trial lawyers go to court. That's what I do."
And in court, no one does it like him. He's smart. He's tough. And he will not back down.
"I consider myself reasonable but very aggressive," says Keker, whose office is filled with busts and paintings of Napoleon. "Aggressive means you don't beat around the bush. You push hard for it. You don't make it easy for witnesses and judges to thwart you."
One veteran criminal defense attorney calls Keker "utterly fearless." But then, Keker was a Marine platoon leader during the Vietnam War. His left elbow was shot off.
After combat, he agrees, "performance anxiety is no big deal."
These days, Keker - who in 1978 founded the 50-lawyer firm of Keker & Van Nest - is handling the defense of Andrew Fastow, the former chief financial officer of Enron. His most prominent national case was his prosecution of Oliver North during the Iran-Contra scandal.
Certainly he must have felt some performance anxiety during that case, what with the whole country watching?
Nah, he says. "That was fun for me."
2. James Brosnahan: Trial Lawyer
The hate began almost as soon he took on the case. Ugly e-mail and letters, accusing him of being a traitor, to put it kindly. And phone calls, even at home, with veiled threats.
Then his law firm, Morrison & Foerster, started getting the backlash. Its Washington, D.C., office received a bomb threat. Clients were outraged. It got so his firm told him that if he wanted to represent his new client, fine - but not in the firm's name. He would be, at least officially, on his own.
"The first six weeks were very scary," says Jim Brosnahan.

Top Earning Websites

Today I created a list of the top 30 earning websites in the world, for some of these websites, $50 million in revenue a day is just a typical day, crazy isn’t it? And it was all created in the last 10 or so years! I usually would do a write up about how the list rocks and why you should do it to but I think the figures speak for themselves, enjoy!

30 Websites That Make A Lot Of Money Online

Rank	Website	Founders	Annual Revenue	Per Second
1	Google	Larry Page and Sergey Brin	$21,800,000,000	$691.27
2	Amazon	Jeff Bezos	$19,166,000,000	$607.75
3	Yahoo	Jerry Yang and David Filo	$7,200,000,000	$228.31
4	eBay	Pierre Omidyar	$6,290,000,000	$199.45
5	MSN/Live	Nathan Myhrvold.	$3,214,000,000	$101.92
6	PayPal	Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, and Luke Nosek,	$2,250,000,000	$71.35
7	iTunes	Jeff Robbin	$1,900,000,000	$60.25
8	Reuters	Marshal Vace	$1,892,000,000	$59.99
9	Priceline	Jesse Fink	$1,884,000,000	$59.74
10	Expedia	Added Mark Schroeder	$1,447,000,000	$45.88
11	NetFlix	Reed Hastings	$1,200,000,000	$38.05
12	Travelocity	Terry Jones	$1,100,000,000	$34.88
13	Zappos	Nick Swinmurn	$1,000,000,000	$31.71
14	Hotels.com	David Litman	$1,000,000,000	$31.71
15	AOL	Erik Prince	$968,000,000	$30.70
16	Orbitz	Jeff Katz	$870,000,000	$27.59
17	Overstock	Robert Brazell	$834,000,000	$26.45
18	MySpace	Tom Anderson	$800,000,000	$25.37
19	Skype	Niklas Zennstrom	$550,841,000	$17.47
20	Sohu	Zhang Chaoyang	$429,000,000	$13.60
21	Buy.com	Robb Brock	$400,000,000	$12.68
22	StubHub	Eric Baker	$400,000,000	$12.68
23	Alibaba	Jack Ma	$316,000,000	$10.02
24	Facebook	Mark Zuckerberg	$300,000,000	$9.51
25	YouTube	Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim,	$300,000,000	$9.51
26	Blue Nile	Mark Vadon	$295,000,000	$9.35
27	Tripadvisor	Stephen Kaufer	$260,000,000	$8.24
28	Getty Images	Mark Getty	$233,200,000	$7.39
29	Bidz	Garry Itkin	$207,000,000	$6.56
30	NYTimes	Henry Jarvis Raymond	$175,000,000	$5.55

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Top 10 Most Unforgettable Dictators

While some of these dictators got what they wanted by literally torturing the masses, others were dignified and tolerant of the different cultures and religions.
1. Porfirio Diaz
Porfirio Diaz’s presidency went on for about 20 years and he single-handedly managed to annihilate the Mexican economy. He headed the Government in the country and gained complete control over the authorities. The Mexican revolution was kick-started when this dictator was re-elected for a second term.
2. Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro was Cuba’s prime minister in 1959 and became the president soon after. He was successful in what he did and was not as ruthless as the rest mentioned in this list. His record is quite clean and he was a good leader.
3. Chairman Mao

Mao Tse-tung headed the People’s Republic of China for a long time till his reigned ended in 1976. His philosophy was created keeping the elements of both Marxism and communism in mind. He believed that the peasants should be liberated and he spread his ideas through the country with the help of well-designed campaigns. He managed to gain control over all of China except Taiwan. However, Mao was quite ruthless when it came to dealing with the enemy.


4. Idi Amin
This Ugandan dictator controlled this small nation and was the self-proclaimed president of the nation. He replaced certain laws with military law and ran the country on martial law practices. Thousands were murdered during his regime and dozens of villages were wiped out quite frequently. Amin had some unique quirks and a short fuse.
5. Vladmir Lennin
Lenin started off as a lawyer and later started publishing pieces laced with Socialist literature. He was against the World War and did not like the fact that the working class had no choice but to fight. Elements of Marxism and communism can be seen in his policies and his body is at display at a certain mausoleum.
6. General Franco
Franco was around during Hitler’s reign and had a military background. He ruled over Spain and the country was divided into several parts. He tried to bring about order in the country and remove the widespread social discord.
7. Benito Mussolini
Mussolini was Italy’s prime minister in 1922. He occupied a great deal of land and his laws were strict and rigid. He was a prominent part of the World War during which he realized that his idea of socialism was not taking shape. He formulated his own philosophy which came to be known as Fascism. This great dictator was killed in 1945 and his bones were hung upside down in Milan.
8. Josef Stalin
Joseph Stalin lead the Soviet Union from 1922 till 1956 and managed to kill a large number of people along the way. He played extreme power games and liked to send people to labor camps. The man had an odd sense of humor and since he had forbidden anybody from entering his chamber, he died without anybody finding out for a while.
9. Pol Pot
Saloth Sar was known as Pol Plot and headed the Khmer Rouge. He ordered civilians to live in the countryside and if they refused, he would send them to labor camps or kill them off. His main aim was to change the elements of civilization.
10. Adolf Hitler
Hitler had a troubled childhood and was a rebel in many ways. This man grew up to shake the very foundation of the world and took it upon himself to remove all the Jews from the planet. He came very close to conquering the entire world but fortunately, killed himself before that could happen.

Ten People Who Were Buried Alive

Everybody is scared of getting buried alive and the following people had these nightmares transformed into reality when they were declared dead prematurely.
1. Virginia Macdonald
Virginia Macdonald died in 1851 after she had been ill for a long time. After she was buried, her mother was sure of the fact that Virginia was not dead. Unfortunately, when the coffin was taken out, it was found that the poor girl’s hands were bitten and the body showed other traces of having been buried alive.
2. Madame Blunden
Madame Blunden was declared dead in 1896 and was buried under a school. The coffin was opened up after complaints from children about noises and those who were around managed to watch her take her last breath.


3. Collins
In 1886, New York Times carried an article about a young girl named Collins who died suddenly and was then buried. When her body was being shifted, it was discovered that her knees were pulled till her chin, her arm was turned in an unnatural manner and her face was twisted in such a manner that it was obvious she had been through dreadful torture.
4. Unknown man
The Daily Telegraph carried an article in 1889 about a man who had been buried in Grenoble. Because he stayed intoxicated for 20 hours, it was assumed that he was dead. However, when the sexton was placing the thick coffin in the grave, he heard loud moans and frantic knocks. By the time he opened it up, the man had died and his head was badly mutilated.

5. Unknown man
The Sunday Times carried an article in 1838 about a man in Tonneins who was buried alive. When the coffin was being lowered into the Earth, the grave-digger heard loud noises and sure enough, the man had been declared dead prematurely.

6. Unknown woman
The British Medical Journal carried a piece in 1877 about a woman who was buried because she was thought to be dead when in fact; she was in some sort of a trance. When the grave was opened a few days later in order to place another body in, the woman’s body was found to be mutilated.
7. Miss Hockwalt
Miss Hockwalt belonged to the elite section of the society in Dayton during 1884. She was thought to be dead after being found on a chair, looking lifeless and ‘dead’. She was then buried. The grave was opened up later and the lady’s hair had been torn out and her skin was bitten.
8. Mary Norah Best
Mary Norah Best was seventeen years old when she was declared dead in 1871. It has been believed that many people would have benefited from her death which is why she was buried. In 1881, it was found that Mary’s skeleton was ‘sitting up’ and the undertaker realized that the poor girl had woken up and managed to break open the casket.
9. Unknown Man
The New York Times article carried an article on a man from Asheville who was declared dead after being sick for several months. When the coffin was being moved, it was opened up and much to the horror of the man’s relatives, his hair was pulled out.

10. Madame Bobin
In 1901, Madame Bobin supposedly contracted yellow fever and was pregnant at the time. After she was buried, a nurse said that the body was quite warm and that the muscles were not rigid. The coffin was opened up and found that she had given birth to her baby in the coffin who had also suffocated to death.

Top 10 Highest Paid TV Stars

The small screen has given rise to some of the most popular stars in the recent past. With their popularity, also came a high price tag. In the recent past there has been a surge in reality TV stars who have shot to fame for their antics on the small screen. Here is a list of the top 10 highest paid TV stars.
1. Oprah Winfrey
The talk show hostess who started her show in 1986, has the last season is due in 2011. The actor is also a producer and a philanthropist. She is known for her philanthropy which is not just limited to the show. She has her own magazine known as the O magazine.  She has been considered as one of ‘The Most Important People of the Century,’ by Time.com. She tops the list with earnings of approximately $ 315 million last year.
2. Judge Judy Sheindlin
The show Judge Judy is a rage with the audience. This American court show features the former family court judge Judith Sheindlin. The show started off in the year 1996 and has been extended till 2013, the seventeenth season of this show. Judge Judy is known for being blunt, truthful and outspoken judge in America.  She sits second on the list with earnings of $45 million.
3. David Letterman
The host of the ‘The Late Show of David Letterman,’ David Letterman, started his career as a weatherman. He started with his show in 1992. He has won several Emmy’s and other awards. He has had interviewed several eminent guests in his tenure. He sits third on this list with annual earnings of $28 million.
4. Ryan Seacrest
Ryan Seacrest is an American radio personality, television host, network producer and voice actor. He is also the host of E! News and American Idol. He started his career as the host of Radical Outdoor Challenge in 1993. He started hosting the American Idol with Brian Dunkleman in 2002. Since season two of American idol in 2003, he has been the lone host for the show. He is also the executive producer of several shows including, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Denise Richards: It’s Complicated and Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. He sits fourth on this list with annual earnings of almost $15 million.
5. Kim Kardashian
She shot to limelight with the show ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ along with her family. Now she also stars in another reality show called ‘Kourtney & Kim Take New York’ alongside her sister Kourtney. She also earns handsomely with her endorsements deals Skechers sneakers, Kotex tampons and skin care brands Quick Trim with her sisters. The 30 year old has earned $6 million in 2010 alone and she charges $75,000 for an appearance.
6. Lauren K Conrad
On second place with earnings of $5 million is Lauren Conrad. She shot to fame with MTV’s reality show ‘Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County’ and then its spin off ‘The Hills.’ This multi talented actor who is also an author and fashion designer, released her first novel in a trilogy last year and the rest two this year. Her last book sold over 1 million copies; the trilogy is a young adult book.
7. Bethenny Frankel
Bethenny has many facets; she is a chef, an author and TV personality. She first arrived on the silver screen in 1994, with the movie ‘Hollywood Hills 90028.’ She returned to the small screen in 2005 in the show ‘The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.’ She then shot to fame with the show, ‘The Real Housewives of New York City’ in the year 2008. Today she has her own company series called, ‘Bethenny Getting Married?’ and has earned $4 million last year alone.
8. Charlie Sheen
The star of the sitcom ‘Two and a Half Men,’ Charlie Sheen, the son of Martin Sheen, is famous for his movies Vietnam War, Wall Street and Hot Shots! to name a few. The sitcom that started in 2003, has won several awards ever since. Charlie Sheen portrays the character of Charlie Harper, who is a composer and singer of children’s songs. He is on the top 10 highest paid star list with earnings of $1.25 million.
9. Marcia Cross
Marcia Cross shot to fame as the prim and proper Bree Van de Kamp, of the show ‘Desperate Housewife.’ Since 2005 she has been known for her role and has won several awards for the same. She has also started in ‘Melrose Place’ as Dr. Kimberly Shaw. She is on this top 10 highest paid TV stars list with earnings of $400,000.
10. Hugh Laurie
Hugh Laurie is famous for his portrayal of Gregory House. The English actor is also a voice artist, comedian, writer, musician, recording artist, and director. He has won accolade and awards for his portrayal of the cynic and narcissist Dr. House. He has also acted in several movies along with the Stuart Little series. He lands on the top ten list with an approximate earning of almost $400,000.
This is the top 10 highest paid TV stars for the year 2010. We will have to wait and see how the new year pans out and what changes occur to this list!

Ten Best Cricketers of All Time

Any list of the best sport persons in any field has got to be time specific. New and better sports persons keep emerging all the time and often some who were a part of the list do not live up to their promise.
Hence let us discuss the guys who proved they were the top ten cricketers until 2010. There are sure to be some who disagree with our list – but then we always look forward to having a great discussion with our readers.
1. Sir Donald Bradman:
He was the yardstick against whom all cricketers have always been measured. He set high standards, had a great batting average and in 1930 he scored his highest test innings. Idolised by cricket fanatics all over the world he singlehandedly brought cricket to the forefront among sports. Wisden has nominated him as the greatest Test cricket player ever.
2. Sachin Tendulkar:
Thirty six years old and he is still going strong. Soon he is expected to overtake the Don’s records for the highest cricket average in Test cricket. His talent and dedication to the game have made him India’s favourite Little Master and the bane of bowlers worldwide. Tendulkar is great not only in Test cricket but is also a great ODI player and on his shoulders rest the hopes of a billion Indians.
3. Sir Vivian Richards:
A great batsman and an even more aggressive bowler, Sir Vivian towered over the cricketing world from 1974 till 1991. A popular and wise captain, he led West Indies cricket during its heydays. He has been ranked by Wisden as the best One day International player of all times. He is also believed to be one of the best fielders of all times.
4. Brain Lara:
Another West Indian, Brain Lara enchanted cricket audiences worldwide with his style of batting and his ability to dispatch every bowler’s ball to the boundary with ease and grace. He holds many batting records, including the one of scoring the maximum number of runs in one over in Test cricket. He scored 24 runs of an over of Robin Peterson in 2003
5. Muttiah Mulitharan:
Murli has many a batsman quivering in his shoes when he comes roaring down the pitch. A great bowler he is unmatched in his ability to take wickets in both one day internationals and in test cricket. It is going to be a long time before anyone is able to match his score of 800 test wickets.
6. Sir Garfield Sobers:
Another great captain and leader of men, Sobers was one of the best batsmen that the West Indies team ever had. An amazing all-rounder he excelled in all aspects of cricketing – be it as a batsman or a bowler or a fielder or a captain.
7. Steve Waugh:
The ever-cool and calm Steve Waugh, was Australia’s captain from 1999 to 2004. His ability to deliver in tight situations and to steer his team through all problematic situations made him a very popular captain and cricketer
8. Sir Ian Botham:
He still holds the record for the highest number of wickets taken by an English bowler.  During his time there were few who could match his ability to both bat and bowl well.
9. Shane Warne:
Believed by many to be the best spin bowler of all times, Shane Warne was renowned for his antics both on and off the field. But this did not in any way take away from his abilities and talent. He is the only specialist bowler who has been nominated by Wisden as one of the five best cricketers of all time
10. Jacques Kallis:
A formidable right hand batsmen, a good medium pace bowler and a great team member of the South African team, Jacques Kallis’s figures do not adequately represent his contribution to the South African team. He has been described his fellow team members as the “greatest cricketer to play the game”