This year's field of nominees for the Law Journal's Attorney of the Year award might set themselves apart by their backgrounds and approaches to the work, but they all share the distinction of working on cases will bold-faced names on either side of the V.

Our honorees include one of the brokers of what is believed to be the largest defamation settlement in U.S. history, a known attorney to the stars who counsels some of culture's biggest names and a first-class litigator who has taken on entertainment giants on behalf of investors and consumers.

Who will take top honors?