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The attorneys selected as Lawyers of the Year for 2008 include an attorney who won a landmark case allowing gay couples in California to marry, a lawyer who recently argued his 50th case before the U.S. Supreme Court and the president-elect of the United States. All had major accomplishments that make them worthy of the title “Lawyer of the Year.”

• Alan Gura

Alan Gura scored an historic victory for gun rights advocates with his first U.S. Supreme Court appearance.

Gura represented Dick Anthony Heller, a District of Columbia resident and special police officer who filed suit after being denied a permit to keep a handgun in his home.

• Charlie Henn

Intellectual property attorney R. Charles Henn made history in May when a jury awarded his client $304.7 million – the largest trademark verdict ever.

• Shannon Minter

It’s been a year of ups and downs for Shannon Minter, legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights in San Francisco.

Minter served as lead counsel for same-sex couples suing for the right to marry in California. In May, he won a landmark case that paved the way for the approximately 18,000 gay and lesbian marriages that followed.

• Barack Obama

Although his legal background has been overshadowed by his historic win over opponent Sen. John McCain on Nov. 4, Obama immediately put legal issues at the forefront of his transition agenda.

• Theodore Olson

For veteran Supreme Court litigator Theodore Olson, 2008 has been a particularly good year.

In October, Olson argued his 50th case before the nation’s top court, a milestone only a handful of other attorneys have reached.

• Steven W. Williams

New York attorney Steven W. Williams won the biggest defamation verdict in U.S. history in January, working on behalf of a Mexican contractor who claimed the words of an American businessman severely damaged his reputation. Jose Ramiro Garza Cantu was awarded $38 million in economic damages and another $150 million for mental anguish and damage to his reputation, for a grand total of $188 million.

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