For her conservatorship fight, Britney Spears may try to hire a former federal prosecutor who has been described as “a tough as nails streetfighter with a big brain and bigger principles.” nytimes.com/2021/07/11/art…
It is unknown whether the judge will allow Britney to choose her own lawyer, after the court-appointed lawyer Britney had for 13 years asked to resign last week.
Britney’s mom asked the court to let Britney choose her own lawyer. Britney’s conservator of the person asked the court to appoint a guardian ad litem to help Britney find a lawyer. Britney’s dad asked the court to wait until Wednesday’s hearing to hear that request.
The lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, plans to attend Britney’s next hearing on Wednesday. Could signal a much more aggressive turn in the case. With @nytmike
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New legal bills in Britney Spears's conservatorship. This is just for dad Jamie's lawyers...all paid for by Britney:
- Holland & Knight: roughly $1.5M for the last 8 months, including over $500K for "media matters" including a former member of Congress who charged $1,285 an hour
- The Freeman firm, which employs Jamie's longtime lawyers Geri & Jeryll, billed $700K+ for the last 20 months
- $21K+ for Sidley Austin (Last year, Britney's CAC objected to Sidley allegedly billing Britney the cost of a cease & desist letter sent on behalf of Lou Taylor)
Russ August & Kabat (RAK) working on behalf of "a business entity wholly owned by the Conservatorship through which certain of Mr. Spears’ business matters are transacted" billed $360K+ fr April 2019 to today, including for media work that got "a delayed and improved publication"