44. Melvyn Weiss
2005 Power List
As head of arguably the most successful class action law firm in the nation for 40 years, Weiss commands tremendous power. But his firm is still in rebuild mode after a highly publicized breakup with one of the other founding partners. Weiss sounds optimistic about the firm’s ability to still win suits against major corporations, but he’s gonna have to catch a big fish to get back on to center stage.