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As most have likely already heard, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are divorcing, with Laura Wasser serving on Angelina Jolie’s legal team as her legal representative.
She is one of Hollywood’s premier celebrity divorce attorneys, representing Johnny Depp, Kim Kardashian and others in their cases.
She recently won a stunning victory in her custody dispute, disqualifying the judge who presided over it all.
As most of us already know, Brangelina are parting ways and some are already gearing up for their inevitable custody battles.
Laura Wasser has become one of the go-to names for tough celebrity lawyers. Known for representing high-profile clients such as Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, Laura Wasser is best known as one of them; Wasser, Cooperman & Mandles specialize in Family Law.
Wasser was quoted saying she learned much from representing Britney Spears in her divorce proceedings from Kevin Federline and tells all her clients that divorce is just that: divorce.
On Friday, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s long-delayed custody case moved forward as their renowned legal teams appeared before a three-judge appellate panel for hearings. Robert Olson for Jolie and Ted Boutrous for Pitt engaged in extensive arguments regarding pending motions and precedents spanning several hours each side.
Samantha Bley Dejean has been practicing family law with Bley & Bley of San Francisco since 1996 and certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization as a family law specialist. Specializing in high-conflict divorce cases, Samantha also belongs to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s long-awaited celebrity divorce reached a new stage Friday when their top attorneys appeared before a three-judge panel of the California appeals court. Attorney Robert Olson for Jolie and Ted Boutrous for Pitt engaged in a heated battle to disqualify Judge William Ouderkirk from their cases.
Dropping Wasser suggests that Jolie is gearing up to fight Pitt for custody of their six children – an action which has sent shockwaves through public perception of him since their split and divorce in 2017. Pitt has been spending time with them both in London and LA while filming Quentin Tarantino’s film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Pierce O’Donnell is one of Los Angeles’s premier power attorneys, having handled some of the highest profile cases such as Hurricane Katrina damage litigation and media mogul Sumner Redstone’s former flame Manuela Herzer’s representation by Redstone himself. Additionally, O’Donnell has published critically-acclaimed articles and books outside his legal practice.
According to TMZ, Angelina Jolie has made headlines lately by switching out Laura Wasser for Samantha Bley Dejean on her divorce team and making more aggressive legal moves against Brad Pitt – specifically portraying him as someone only concerned with his children and with themselves. This change could signal her more aggressive approach; sources have stated she plans on portraying him as broken man who only cares about his kids.
Pierce graduated with honors from both Georgetown and Yale Universities. As part of his internship experience he clerked for both Supreme Court Justice Byron White and Ninth Circuit Judge Shirley M. Hufstedler; was accepted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; earned an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell; wrote the critically-acclaimed stage play Fatal Subtraction: How Hollywood Really Does Business as well as writing several best-selling books such as Fatal Subtraction.
Fields was an acclaimed celebrity lawyer renowned for defending landmark cases within the entertainment industry. He represented clients such as George Lucas in contract negotiations with Disney for theme park rentals, Paramount Pictures in its legal battle over Coming to America movie release and even secured multimillion-dollar judgment for George Harrison against former Beatle business manager.
He represented stars such as Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman and Mel Brooks, studio heads such as Michael Ovitz and Jeffrey Katzenberg as well as being one of the founding partners of Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger. Additionally he was an author who published books on topics including Shakespeare authorship controversy Richard III as well as Napoleon & Josephine among many others.
Hollywood lawyers were often put off by his aggressive style of representation. A favorite target of Anthony Pellicano, he used the legal system to expose some of his client’s bad behavior through litigation. Unfortunately, on Sunday in Malibu he succumbed to complications of long-term COVID-19 exposure which ultimately claimed his life.