1.  Harold Wrobel of Pacific Palisades, CA vaulted to the top of the list due to his reappearance on the second season of the Millionaire Matchmaker.  Unlucky in love and making the same mistakes (approaching 50, Harold insists on dating women in their early 20s), Harold reappeared this season.  Harold remains in the memories of loyal Millionaire viewers, as the millionaire who in the first season was unilaterally dismissed by his 24-year old date for not knowing who or what Napoleon Dynamite was.

2.  Okorie Okorocha of Los Angeles, CA is a regular top viewed lawyer on Avvo – due to his extraordinary participation on Avvo Answers

3.  Tamara Cross of San Diego, CA has claimed her profile and has been in demand – since she specialize in Landlord/Tenant Cases

4.  William Head of Atlanta GA reappears regularly on this list due to his due to his extraordinary contributions to Avvo ( Answers, Videos and Legal Guides)

5.  Alan Brinkmeier of Elmhurst, IL makes his second appearance on the list due to his continued contributions to Avvo Legal Guides and Avvo Answers

6.  Gary Furlong of Seattle, WA is the Honorary Consul General of the Consultate of Uzbekistan

7.  Marilyn Siegel Smith of Seattle, WA

8.  Harper Dimmerman of Philadelphia, PA makes his debut on ths list – due to strong contribution to Answers and Legal Guides

9.  Blair Frederick Paul of Seattle, WA makes his second appearance on the list

10.  Elizabeth Fry of Omak, WA may appear on this list because people were searching for information on an annual gala benefit for the Elizabeth Fry Society.

1. Rebecca Sue Olson Gupta of Atlanta, GA tops our January list.  She is married to Obama’s controversial prospective nominee for Surgeon General, CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

2. Steven Klig of Great Neck, NY made the list, because he attempted to extort his ex-girlfriend into sending risque photos of herself – in exchange for which he agreed not to distribute a (fictional) sex tape of her having sex with him.  Mr. Klig was formerly a tax partner at Deloitte.

3. Okorie Okorocha of Los Angeles, CA.  Perennial Top-Viewed Lawyer Okorie makes our list again this January due to his renewed efforts on Avvo Answers.

4. William C. Head of Atlanta, GA.  Bubba head is one of the most popular DUI lawyers in Avvo’s history.

5. John Kaman of San Francisco, CA is another stalwart on the list – a perennial top contributor to Avvo Answers.  For an experienced San Francisco Criminal Defense Lawyer, one needs to look no further.

6. Margery Golant of Fort Lauderdale, FL has now answered 1135 questions in Florida Foreclosure Law.

7. Fredrick Goings for Chicago, IL made the list because he was questioned by police in connection with the slaying of New York Knicks Center’ Eddy Curry’s ex-girlfriend.

8. Rando Wick of Seattle, WA makes his debut on the list.

9. Eric Koester of Seattle, WA also makes his debut.  In Eric’s case, it looks as if publishing a couple of legal guides and answering questions got him on the list.

10. Ryan Patrick McClure of Ontario, CA is another new entrant to the list.  Though he has been very active on the list, he has yet to upload a photo!

1. Anthony Ottaviano of New York, NY rose to the top of the list due to tragic circumstances.  As the New York Post recounted, David Krieg killed Mr. Ottavio, a staff attorney at Paul Weiss because he was obsessed with Mr. Ottavio’s girlfriend Edythe Ma.

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2. William C. Head of Atlanta, GA,  on the other hand, is a regular here at TVL – due to his extraordinary contributions to Avvo (both in terms of Videos and Legal Guides).

3. Parag Yogesh Shah of Atlanta, GA debuts on the list due to his contributions to Avvo Answers and Legal Guides.

4. Sheldon Sorosky of Chicago, IL surfaces on the list, due to his co-representation of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.  Edward Genson of Chicago, IL is the other attorney representing the embattled Governor.

5. April Carrie Charney of Jacksonville, FL debuts on TVL – based on her #1 ranking for those searching for Jacksonville Foreclosure Lawyers.

6. Margery Ellen Golant of Fort Lauderdale, FL continues her reign on TVL – due to her strong contributions to Avvo Answers.

7. Wade Rowland Sanders of San Diego, CA was an adviser to California’s lieutenant governor and served in the Clinton administration, plead guilty to a charge of possessing child pornography.

8. Henry M. Aronson of Seattle, WA is a distinguished attorney who has been actively involved in local community issues such as the anti-monorail campaign and advocating that Washington State change its reliance on a fixed depreciation schedule to assess car tab fees.  Also looks a little like Jack McCoy from Law & Order – don’t you think?

9. Thuong-Tri Nguyen of of Renton, WA.  Thuong-Tri has been a top-viewed lawyer on Avvo since June 2008 – due to his heroic contributions to Avvo Answers.  To date, he is in the only attorney to have reached the vaunted heights of Level 8 Contributor.

10. Blair Frederick Paul of Seattle, WA.  Mr. Paul’s deceased father, Frederick Paul, was an attorney who helped engineer the landmark Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971.  We are not sure why Mr. Frederick Paul turned up on TVL – specualtion in the comments is welcome.

1. Oscar Michelin of Mineola, NY debuts on the list.  Achieving Level 6 Contributor status through answering questions on Avvo Answers vaulted him to the top.

2. Margery Golant of Fort Lauderdale, FL debuts on the list.  Her appearance can also be attributed to answering dozens of questions per week on Avvo Answers.

3. William Head of Atlanta, GA.  For those of you who like statistics, Mr. Head has made the most out of his Avvo Profile.  He has 54 client reviews, 34 peer endorsements, 63 photos and 21 videos.

4. Neil Barofsky of New York, NY.  Barofsky appears on the list, because he has been in the news.  He is a  U.S. prosecutor from New York, who President Bush has nominated to be the special inspector general for TARP, but a GOP Senator has placed a block on his nomination.

5. Bruce Abel of Irvine, CA.  Another new entrant to the list, Abel practices personal injury law and is already a Level 4 Contributor.

6. Milton M. Ferrell Jr. of Miami, Fl.  Ferrell Jr. (now deceased) appears on the list, because he has been in the news.  Mr. Ferrell was a Miami lawyer, philanthropist and Democratic Party activist who died from mesothelioma, an asbestos-linked cancer.  Mr. Ferrell died quite wealthy but had worked on cars in his youth, inhaling asbestos fibers doing brake jobs.

7. Thuong-Tri Nguyen of Renton, WA.  Thuong-Tri has been a top-viewed lawyer on Avvo since June 2008 – due to his heroic contributions to Avvo Answers.  To date, he is in the only attorney to have reached the vaunted heights of Level 8 Contributor.

8. Sheldon Zabel of Chicago, IL.  Zabel (now deceased) appears on the list because he recently passed away.  From his firm’s website:  “Sheldon A. Zabel, the immediate-past partner in charge of Schiff Hardin’s Environmental Group, passed away Friday, October 17 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital of pneumonia at the age of 67. One of the most experienced environmental attorneys in the profession, he played a vital role when Schiff Hardin became one of the first major U.S. law firms in the late 1960′s to establish a practice group devoted to environmental law.”

9. James J. Gross of Chevy Chase, MD.  Gross is another new entrant to the list – based on the strength of his contributions to Avvo Answers.

10. William Dwyer of Houston, TX.  Dwyer makes the cut for the top 10 based on his valuable & frequent contributions to Avvo Answers.

Here are the top viewed lawyers on Avvo for last month. The common thread seems to be that unless you are mired in scandal or a fictional lawyer played by William Shatner, you need to be an avid fan of Avvo Answers.

1. Gabriel Schwartz of Denver, CO: Unsurprisingly, Mr. Schwartz tops the list – having lived large at the RNC

2. Amy Tanne of Mount Kisco, NY: Kirkland & Ellis partner Frederick Tanne has filed suit against his ex-wife, her alleged lover and father-in-law, claiming that she gave him herpes

3. Nora Dannehy of Hartford, CT: Attorney General Michael Mukasey has just appointed Dannehy to oversee the probe into whether Alberto Gonzales and his deputies fired prosecutors for political reasons

4. Scott Erwin of DeKalb, IL: Erwin learned from the Illionis ARDC that he could not accept lapdances nor stripteases in exchange for legal fees – who knew?

5. John Kaman of San Francisco, CA: The indomitable top Avvo Answerer is one of the few repeats on this list

6. Anthony Cappuccio of Doylestown, PA: This Bucks County prosecutor has been charged with inappropriate conduct with a teenage boy in the parking lot of a shopping center

7. Denny Crane of Boston, MA: Denny is pro-life, pro-death penalty, anti-tax and feels that elevators are for Democrats – you may recognize him from Boston Legal – some have taken issue with his Avvo Rating

8. Thuong-Tri Nguyen of Renton, MA: Like Jon Kaman, Thuong-Tri is a champion participant in Avvo Answers

9. Lisa Hayes of Washington DC

10. Stuart Reich of New York, NY: Another champion participant in Avvo Answers

To date in August, here are the most viewed lawyers on Avvo:

1. Charles Carnesi of Garden City, NY: Mr. Carnesi debuts on the list and leaps to first place, on the strength of his defense of John Gotti, the son of the “Dapper Don”.

2. Christopher Gneiding of San Francisco, CA: Pennsylvanians were searching for information on 27 year old Christopher Gneiding of Orefield, PA, who was killed in a car crash earlier this month.

3. Okorie Okorocha of Los Angeles, CA

4. Roni Deutsch of North Highlands, CA

5. Samuel Glover of Minneapolis, MN (demonstrating the success of Avvo’s expansion into Minnesota last week)

6. Shakespear Feyissa of Seattle, WA: Mr. Feyissa has been in the news for his “self defeating” efforts to have a university paper delete unflattering stories about him from its archives.

7. Elaine Sharp of Marblehead, MA: Ms. Sharp is defending “Lady Al Qaeda” Aafia Siddiqui

8. Marcia Caballero of Miami, FL: Ms. Caballero is running for Miami-Dade Cricuit Judge, Group 51

9. Thomas Furtaw of Lansing, MI: Sadly, Mr. Furtaw, a prominent lawyer in his community collapsed and died on stage while performing with his band Spitting Nickels.

10. Jon Mitchell Jackson of Laguna Hills, CA: Jon currently holds the Avvo record for most photographs (31)! and most How To Guides (54)!! He’s also one of the few attorneys to dress up for his Avvo profile in a tux!!!

1. Diahn Williams Mcgrath, New York, NY

2. Okorie Okorocha, Los Angeles, CA

3. Roni Deutch, North Highlands, CA

4. Thuong-Tri Nguyen, Renton, WA

5. John M. Kaman, San Francisco, CA

6. Jon Michael Zimmerman, Seattle, WA

7. Stuart Jonas Reich, New York, NY

8. Elizabeth Rankin Powell, Tacoma, WA

9. William C. Head, Atlanta, GA

10. David Leibowitz, Waukegan, IL

1. Alec Rose, Santa Monica, CA

2. Mark Vincent Kaplan, Los Angeles, CA

3. William Head, Atlanta, GA

4. Roni Deutch, North Highlands, CA

5. Melanie L Bossie,
Phoenix, AZ

6. Okorie Okorocham, Los Angeles, CA

7. Thuong-Tri Nguyen, Renton, WA

8. Jonathan Dichter, Bothell, WA

9. David Leibowitz, Waukegan, IL

10. Jon Scott Fox, Bellevue, WA

1. Julie Michele Balovich, Alpine, TX
Legal Aid attorney Julie Balovich gets her 15 minutes and tops our list this week, as she and her colleague Amanda Chishom prevailed in representing the Yearning For Zion’s mothers in their suit against Texas Child Protective Services.

2. Okorie Okorocham, Los Angeles, CA

3. Robert Rosepink, Paradise Valley, AZ
Phoenix Estate Planning attorney Robert Rosepink appears for the first time no doubt because he is being sued by prominent East Valley families for introducing them to an alleged Ponzi scheme.

4. Roni Lynn Deutch, North Highlands, CA

5. Judy Jade Lee, Houston, TX

6. William Head, Atlanta, GA

7. Sandra Munoz, San Dimas, CA

8. Alec Rose, Santa Monica, CA

9. Benjamin Echols, Barstow, CA

10. Shelly Crocker, Seattle, WA

1. Okori Okorocha; Los Angeles

2. Alani Golanski; Brooklyn, NY

3. Alec Rose; Santa Monica, CA

4. Roni Deutch; North Highlands, TX

5. Cynithia Sass; Tampa, FL
6. Sandra Munoz San Dimas, CA

7. Kelly Chang; Los Angeles, CA

8. Nikki Jacobson; Los Angeles, CA

9. Frank Blangiandio; Cutchogue, NY
10. Roy Glass; Saint Petersburg, FL