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"No envelope mix-up here! Meet the lawyers behind the 'Moonlight' Oscar winner, Melania's lawsuit, Bill O'Reilly's downturn, the year's most significant media megamergers and pretty much anything that matters in Hollywood. Extortion. Messy divorces. Nine-figure deals with Chinese media conglomerates. It's been a busy year for Hollywood's potential lawyers, who once again gather in THR's pages for the magazine's annual Power Lawyers difficulty. The women and men on this listing handle a range of cases, from simple talent contracts to complex corporate mergers which take months to iron out, however they all have things in common. All of them love working in the entertainment market. They all play a vital role in maintaining Hollywood's wheels spinning. They're all at the very top of the area. And -- judging from THR's poll -- they drink a lot of coffee (an average of 5.5 cups a day, even if calculations include the man who claimed to down 97 cups). Below, the Power Lawyers of 2017 discuss their most significant cases, disclose their personal political beliefs (only 14 percent believe Donald Trump will get impeached) and reply the age-old question, "Which superhero would you most want to represent? ""

Stephen Scharf

O'Melveny & Myers Alma mater Stanford Law School Why he things Scharf helps Hollywood get into the Chinese film industry. He advised Imax Corp. on the creation of the Imax China Film Fund to help finance a minimum of 10 tentpole movies in Mandarin. Back in L.A., he repped Revolution Studios in its acquisition of Tango Films' movie library, including such movies as Brad Pitt's zombie epic World War Z along with Martin Scorsese's Hugo.

Iddo Arad

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Alma mater Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Why he things The New York-based attorney has represented A24 because its beginning and at 2016 negotiated the movie studio's deal with Plan B to create best film winner Moonlight. Arad also represents the manufacturers of Risk, the May two documentary about Julian Assange that took six years to film, obtained unprecedented access to the asylum-holder and had its own share of legal challenges. Last TV shows binged "The Crown and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 2. Simultaneously. "

Ken Ziffren

Ziffren Brittenham Alma mater UCLA School of Law He matters The talent attorney and UCLA professor -- and L.A. movie czar -- helped the Academy negotiate an eight-year extension of ABC's agreement to broadcast the Oscars through 2028. "It was a complicated discussion that required six months," he states. Negotiating a new affiliation agreement between client Tribune Media along with The CW took much longer: 18 weeks. UCLA's brand new Ziffren Center for Media, Entertainment Technology and Sports Law also keeps him occupied. Cups of coffee a day "I don't drink coffee, but I do talk about a bottle of wine virtually every evening with my wife. "

Aaron Moss

Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger Alma mater Harvard Law School He matters Moss is representing Riot Games in a case involving trafficking in stolen League of Legends accounts. He's also repping Discovery Communications over if the company is responsible for the social networking accounts of a reality TV star. Comfort food "Chili with mac and cheese on top. "