Celebrity Lawyers Celebrity or famous lawyers - not everyone uses their law degree to trampoline into a world of oak-panelled chambers and long speeches before cranky gowned judges. Some ride their degree to new, unexpected - even offbeat - heights. Lawyers are trained to not seek the limelight. Justice for our client is our beacon, not our round, vain faces. But some very-well known lawyers didn't earn a spot in the Law's Hall of Fame even though many of them are vastly better-known to the general public then their Hall of Fame brethren. The Himalayan they climbed had no Lady Justice to guide their way. Celebrity with a law degree, aka Celebrity Lawyers. Here it is: famous lawyers ... but famous for something other than a career in law or justice. Bill BURKE 60-something Mt. Everest summiter (USA) Gerard BUTLER, Hollywood actor (Scotland, 1969-) John CLEESE (1939-), comedian and actor (GBR) Lynn "Buck" COMPTON (1921-2012), war hero, lawyer and judge (USA) Howard COSELL (1918-1995), legendary sports broadcaster (USA) Afredo "Pancho" DELGADO survivor (URY) Ken DRYDEN (1947-), hockey player (Montreal Canadiens) and politician (CAN) Corri FETMAN Chicago divorce attorney and Playboy bunny (USA) Rev. Anthony FISHER (1960-), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church (AUS) Peter GARRETT (1953-), rock singer (Midnight Oil) and politician (AUS) John GRISHAM (1955-), author, novelist (USA) Horace Lawson HUNLEY (1823-1863), submarine innovator/US Civil War hero (USA) Julio IGLESIAS (1943-), pop singer (ESP) Jennifer JONES (1974-), world-class curler (CAN) Francis Scott KEY (1779-1843), USA national anthem author Tony LA RUSSA (1944-), baseball manager (USA) Harvey LEVIN (1951-), sensationalism guru and once-lawyer (USA) Luz LONG (1913-1943), German track star (GER) Edouard Alfred MARTEL, (1859-1937) - spelunker (FRA) Ewen MONTAGU, (1901-1985) - spy-gamer Michael NEIL (1940-), Vietnam war hero (USA) Bill NEUKOM (1942-), Microsoft lawyer and baseball team owner Pat QUINN (1943-), hockey player and coach (CAN) Geraldo RIVERA (1943-), television talk show host (USA) Stuart SMITH (1959-) intrepid world class explorer (USA) Marc TRESTMAN (1956-) professional football coach (CAN/USA) Bob WOODRUFF (1961) ABC World News Tonight anchor (USA) Victoria ZDROK (1973), Playboy and Penthouse centerfold model and porn star HELP! If you read Hollywood news or Rolling Stone or follow professional cricket or football, well ... we don't! We need celebrity lawyer nominees - not lawyers for celebrities but lawyer celebrities. You do the suggestin' and we'll do the research and writin' and all due credit, we'll be givin'! Click CONTACT INFORMATION here or below to suggest a celebrity lawyer. Published: Thursday, August 6, 2009 Last updated: Sunday, April 13, 2014 By: Lloyd Duhaime Permalink