
Britney Spears closing in on veteran Hollywood lawyer to take over conservatorship case: report
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Britney Spears is taking a big legal step toward ending her conservatorship by trying to land a veteran Hollywood lawyer to represent her in the case going forward.
TMZ reports that Spears is in early talks to hire powerful former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart to help her in her future endeavors to break away from the conservatorship of her father, Jamie Spears. The outlet notes that Rosengart previously represented high-profile Hollywood clients such as Steven Spielberg, Sean Penn, Ben and Casey Affleck, Eddie Vedder, Soledad O'Brien, Michael Mann and NBA star Jimmy Butler. The New York Times, reported that Rosengart, 58, once served as a law clerk for former New Hampshire state judge David Souter before he was nominated to the Supreme Court. He worked at the Justice Department as a U.S. Attorney in the 1990s. Since leaving the Justice Department, he’s worked as a defense attorney and civil litigator, specifically for clients in the entertainment industry.More Related News