One Michigan Law Grad Makes List of 37 Richest U.S. Law Grads

The American Lawyer has created a list of the 37 richest law grads in America, culled from the Forbes list of the 400 wealthiest Americans.  You can read it here.  Only one Michigan law grad makes the list: No. 60 (tie): $4.4 billion, Samuel Zell, of Equity Group Investments, who makes the Forbes list tied at No. 60, with $4.4 billion.  He is a 1966 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, and quit the practice of law after one year.  American Lawyer says that he once told the Wall Street Journal that he found drafting contracts "deadly."