As Britney Spears continues to fight the legal battle on the issue of her conservatorship, she has secured celebrity attorney Mathew Rosengart as her new lawyer. Rumors about Rosengart representing Britney had been doing rounds for quite a while, especially after her court-appointed lawyer Samuel Ingham filed papers for resignation.
Before and After Photos Samuel Ingham III has been Britney Spears â court-appointed attorney since her conservatorship began in 2008 â but hasnât always been fansâ favorite.
Sam Ingham has been Britney's lawyer for 13 years Credit: Linkedin Who is Samuel D. Ingham III? Samuel D. Ingham III is a lawyer based in Ojai, California. He studied at the University of California School of Law and is now a State Bar Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust a Probate Law.
The move, which came on the heels of Inghamâs resignation, was a big win for the 39-year-old âOverprotectedâ singer, who is seeking to terminate the guardianship for good following allegations of abuse by her father, Jamie Spears, and others involved in the conservatorship.
'Breadwinner' Britney Spears objects to paying $660K for mom's lawyers. Britney Spears' lawyer is putting in overtime. Mathew Rosengart went to court Tuesday â nearly five months after his client's 13-year conservatorship ended â to object to the pop star paying her mother Lynne Spears' attorneys' fees.
2019: Jamie steps down as Britney's primary conservator. After being accused of physically abusing Britney's 14-year-old son Sean, Jamie stepped down as Britney's primary conservator, per People, with her longtime "care-manager" Jodi Montgomery temporarily taking over Jamie's duties.
The decision to add Weingarten to Jamie Spears' team comes after statements from Britney Spears' attorney, Mathew Rosengart, about possibly deposing Jame Spears. Rosengart has alleged that Spears profited off his daughter's conservatorship and said that his firm intends to investigate alleged financial mismanagement.
She further claimed it was her âproddingâ that led Britney's court-appointed lawyer Sam Ingham to finally signal to the court at a public hearing in 2020 that Britney wanted her dad removed as conservator.
Spears moved to end the conservatorship entirely. Mr. Rosengart argued that the turnaround was designed so that Mr. Spears, who earned a salary as conservator and commissions from his daughter's career, could avoid legal discovery and being deposed under oath about his earnings and financial management of her estate.
Jodi Montgomery claims Jamie Spears used his daughter's money for his own defense. In documents filed in Los Angeles court on July 9, per People, Britney's personal conservator accused Jamie of taking âmore than $2 million of his daughter's moneyâ to defend himself and remain in control of Britney's estate.
The Times reports that Ingham is paid a whopping $475 an hour, and in 2019, made $373,000 for his work on Spears's case alone. Since 2008, Ingham has made nearly $3 million for his work with the pop star.
Britney Spears, superstar, lacks a fundamental right that most adult Americans have. Because she is under a conservatorship, she's unable to enter into a contract. That means she can't hire her own lawyer. Instead, for the last 13 years, she's had a lawyer someone else picked for her.
LOS ANGELES â A California judge on Friday ended the conservatorship over Britney Spears, a 13-year arrangement that had granted her father and others almost total control over the pop singer's personal life and finances.
Britney Spears asks judge to deny mother's request she pay more than $600,000 in legal fees. Spears' attorney argued she has spent nearly $1.7 million for her mother to live âin a large, expensive houseâ in Louisiana during her conservatorship.
Britney Spears is set to gain full control of her finances and isn't required to pay her father's legal fees, a judge has ruled. The pop star will finally have full control over her financial assets after a 13-year long conservatorship, following a heated hearing in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday.
He also accused Jamie of paying âexcessiveâ legal fees to outside law firms, allegedly totaling more than $30 million. Other accusations focused on alleged personal gain for the elder Spears.
Who is Britney Spearsâ new celebrity lawyer, Mathew Rosengart? Attorney Mathew Rosengart has represented Steven Spielberg and Sean Penn, and will now help the singer in her conservatorship battle.
Mathew Rosengart, 58, was confirmed as the singerâs new representative on Wednesday, attending the latest hearing in Los Angeles. He replaces Samuel Ingham, the man appointed by the court in 2008 to serve Spears but who she criticised in June for not doing enough to help her end the conservatorship.
Penn released a statement earlier this week, praising the lawyer as a âtough as nails streetfighter with a big brain and bigger principlesâ. Rosengart was previously an assistant states attorney at the US Department of Justice, after which he worked as a white-collar defence attorney, according to the New York Times.
Britney Spears allowed her own attorney as she says father should be charged with âconservatorship abuseâ. Read more. A former federal prosecutor, his A-list clients include Steven Spielberg, actor Sean Penn and director Kenneth Lonergan.
BRITNEY Spears' battle to take back control of her finances and career continues - after the star addressed court on June 23.
Popstar Britney Spears had also requested that she address the court herself at her next hearing. He proposed that the hearing be scheduled on an âexpedited basis,â preferably within 30 days.
TMZ reported on Tuesday, July 6 that Ingham will resign. He had been the singerâs representative for 13 years and his resignation comes after she slammed the whole conservatorship in her lengthy speech in court last month.
BRITNEY Spears has appointed Mathew S Rosengart to represent her in her ongoing conservatorship battle. Judge Brenda Penny has permitted the hiring of Britney's legal choice in the pop starâs legal case to end her conservatorship. 2.
On November 12, 2021, Judge Brenda Penny ordered Spears' conservatorship to be terminated without requiring any further mental evaluation - giving the hitmaker control of her life for the first time since 2008.
Britney Spears got her attorney of choice approved and she couldn't be happier. Following the news, the 39-year-old thanked fans and shared to social media a video of her "celebrating by horseback riding and doing cartwheels" and wrote on Twitter, "New with real representation today ...
The 58-year-old, who's a partner of his firm Greenberg Traurig, has been described by the Los Angeles Business Journal as "one of the most influential litigators and trial attorneys in Los Angeles," and a "go to litigator for Hollywood's elite and Corporate America." Mathew Rosengart received his J.D.
Ingham graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelorâs degree from the University of California, Irvine, before studying law at the University of California, Los Angeles. He received his law degree in 1975. Credit: Rob Latour/Shutterstock. 2.
Streisand spoke out in the âFraming Britney Spearsâ episode of The New York Times Presents documentary, saying that when he met the Grammy winner, he felt that she was âcapableâ of choosing her own counsel. However, the judge in the case disagreed and appointed Ingham. â She didnât want her father controlling her life.
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After Britney Spears delivered a shocking testimony to a California court detailing 13 years of trauma under her controversial conservatorship, questions must be asked about those involved in the case.
At a 2014 meeting, Ingham raised concerns expressed by Spears about her fatherâs drinking and the custody of the children she shares with Kevin Federline. However, he also informed Jamie Spearsâs lawyers about his daughterâs use of expletives in the presence of her children.
According to a July 2021 report by The New Yorker, Ingham was appointed as Britneyâs lawyer after Judge Reva Goetz granted the ââŚOops I Did It Againâ singerâs petition at the time to waive the requirement to notify her that an attorney had been chosen on her behalf.
The court win came after Britneyâs former attorney, Sam Ingham III, resigned. Ingham had been Britneyâs court-appointed lawyer since her conservatorship was created in 2008. He came under controversy in June 2021 after Britney told Judge Penny that Ingham never informed her that she could petition to end her conservatorship.
For more about Britney Spears, read her 2001 book, A Motherâs Gift. The semi-autobiographical fiction novel, which was co-written with Britneyâs mother Lynne Spears, follows Holly Faye Lovell, a 14-year-old girl from the small town of Biscay, Mississippi, who has dreams of becoming a singer. When Holly becomes the youngest student ever to win a scholarship to the prestigious Haverty School of Music, she must make a choice of whether to leave her mother, Wanda, behind or pursue her dreams. As Holly starts her new life and makes posh new friends, she finds herself embarrassed by her mom and their humble background, as Wanda struggles with a long-hidden secret that could destroy her bond with her daughter forever.
Jacqueline Butcher, a family friend of Britneyâs who attended her conservatorship hearing in 2007, claimed to The New Yorker that Jamie told her that Ingham reports Britneyâs âmovements and activitiesâ to him. As for why Ingham resigned, TMZ reported in July 2021 that he was âextremely upsetâ that his client told the judge ...
As for why Ingham resigned, TMZ reported in July 2021 that he was âextremely upsetâ that his client told the judge that she didnât know she could file for her conservatorship to end. Sources told the site that Ingham âregularlyâ talked to Britney about her legal options, including the end of her conservatorship, but she ânever wanted to pull the plug.â