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"Billions" may be a bit of an exageration. I've never heard of a bilionaire lawyer. The guy who represented Penzoil against Texaco earned a 9-figured fee for his firm, and the big tobacco case generated some large fees (that were split between a significant number of lawyers).
John Edward was a legendary trial lawyer, and earned maybe 20 or 30 million in the course of his career. The lawyer I personally know who made the most money made his fortune ($20m) on stock options as general counsel of a pre-IPO company that went public.
If you chose a career based on what's most likely to make you fabulously wealthy, you'll probably be disappointed. If you do somethig you think you'd enjoy, you're more likely to be successful anyway (financially and otherwise), and more likely to be contented with your choice of careers, regardless of remuneration.
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