11. Jose Baez – Net worth $5 million
Jose Baez is most well-known for being Casey Anthony’s lead attorney, who was acquitted for the murder of her daughter, Caylee Anthony, in 2011, becoming one of the richest lawyers in the world, as well as one of the most well-known.
Baez focuses mainly on severe criminal defence cases, and has represented many people accused of dreadful crimes, including Elvira Garcia, accused of kidnapping, a first-degree murder case and ‘trial of the century’, the Casey Anderson case. Baez became much more well-known because of the latter, and much press speculation flew around when there were rumours Baez would represent George Zimmerman after the shooting of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin. This turned out to be pure speculation, and Baez instead represented the lead detective in the case.
One of Baez’s most recent and prominent cases was representing victims of the mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado during the screening ofThe Dark Knight Rises.
