Cruz has been named by American Lawyer magazine as one of the 50 Best Litigators under 45 in America,[49][57] by The National Law Journal as one of the 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America,[58][59] and by Texas Lawyer as one of the 25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter Century.[60][61]

Being the best Lawyer is one step up from being dog poop.... Lawyers are what is wrong with this Nation. How politics became an extension the Law is a problem. Lawyers never have to balance budgets. They never serve anyone but their own interests or the interests of someone who pays them. Any of a budget minded Corporate types make Way more in the private sector to get involved in Politics. If Bill Gates or Warren Buffet types wanted to be President they could with their money and Influence. They just ain't interested in the Job.