The Plaintiffs Bar: Vultures or Paladins?
We take a look using the one criterion that all sides agree they meet: as businesses.
By Aric Press

Sweet Sixteen
Sixteen U.S. plaintiffs firms grossed over $50 million in 2003. Here's who they are and how they did it.

Firm Profiles
Snapshots of the firms.

A Well-Oiled Machine
Perry Weitz and Arthur Luxenberg started their firm only 15 years ago. They're quick learners. Weitz & Luxenberg's scramble to the top.
By Alison Frankel

Wayne Reaud's Higher Power
Reaud, Morgan has 13 lawyers and revenue over $100 million. Its founder says that's because they're not in it for the money.
By Nathan Koppel

On the Front Lines
Manganese litigation ramps up; the Bush administration tries a detour; Dickstein Shapiro opts out; and State Farm still won't pay punitives.

Change of Venue
One side's hellhole is another's jurisdiction of choice. A side-by-side guide to the unfriendliest courts.
By Helen Coster

Taking Citi to School
How a hard-working team of securities class action lawyers reached a $2.65 billion settlement with Citigroup.
By Andrew Longstreth

Lawyers Gone Wild
Tobacco money wasn't the only thing the lawyers at Ness Motley were fighting about. A law firm soap opera.
By Heather Smith

The Stealth Campaign
Republicans have more to gain from the battle over tort reform than simply changing the civil justice system.
By Paul Braverman

Zapping Wal-Mart
A far-flung group of plaintiffs lawyers had a powerful weapon in their battle with the world's largest retailer: a Web site that helps bridge the miles that separated them.
By Vivia Chen

High Concept
A new crop of vendors offer the latest in search technology to a profession drowning in discovery but skeptical of new-fangled solutions.
By Amy Kolz

The It Box
George Goldsmith says he has built a better mousetrap for lawyers: the Rosetel, a videoconferencing system that James Bond would love.
By Lisa Lerer

Where's Johnnie?
It's Johnnie Cochran's face in the ads and Johnnie's voice on the phone, but how much Johnnie time does the average client really get?
By Douglas McCollam