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    Britney Spears’ divorce lawyer Laura Wasser is the go-to for LA celebs — here’s a look at her clients

    by Emily St. Martin and Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times Aug 22, 2023 6 minutes
    Ben Affleck, left, and Jennifer Garner attend the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter on March 2, 2014, in West Hollywood, Calif..

    LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears and husband Sam Asghari are headed for divorce after 14 months of marriage, and the pop megastar is turning to premiere Hollywood divorce lawyer Laura Wasser, aka the “Disso Queen,” to represent her in legal proceedings. If the name Laura Wasser doesn’t ring a bell, think of Laura Dern’s character in “Marriage Story” — Wasser inspired the role.

    One could argue that Wasser’s success as an attorney was nearly inevitable. As the daughter of two Los Angeles attorneys,she was named Laura Allison Wasser so her initials would be L.A.W. She told The Times in 2014 that she was conceived the night her dad found out he had passed the bar exam.

    She penned the how-to divorce guide “It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way,” published in 2013, and launched the DIY divorce app, “It’s Over Easy,” a five-step legal separation manual, and produced “All’s Fair,” a divorce podcast with episodes like “F– it. Get a Divorce!”

    Wasser has repped A-listers including Kevin Costner, Angelina Jolie and Kim Kardashian in their high-profile splits, and she mediated the divorce

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