{"id":1542,"date":"2024-06-27T01:44:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T01:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/britney-spears-lawyer-mathew-rosengart-no-longer-working-with-her\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T01:44:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T01:44:26","slug":"britney-spears-lawyer-mathew-rosengart-no-longer-working-with-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/britney-spears-lawyer-mathew-rosengart-no-longer-working-with-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears Lawyer Mathew Rosengart No Longer Working With Her"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tMathew Rosengart<\/strong>, a powerhouse\u00a0<\/strong>litigator whose resume includes clerking for U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter<\/strong> and a stint as a Department of Justice trial attorney, has a stable of high-profile Hollywood clients like Steven Spielberg, Michael Mann, Sean Penn and Casey Affleck. But it\u2019s his work with\u00a0Britney Spears<\/a>\u00a0in successfully freeing the pop superstar from a controversial, restrictive and highly scrutinized 13-year conservatorship that catapulted the Greenberg Traurig partner into something of a household name and globally recognized legal eagle.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a swift four months, from July to November 2021, Rosengart dove headfirst into the probate court case after being handpicked by the singer herself with one goal in mind \u2014 to free Spears from the arrangement that limited her rights and left all life decisions in the hands of a team led by her father Jamie Spears<\/strong>. Rosengart accomplished that on Nov. 12, 2021, when L.A. County Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny<\/strong> granted a petition to terminate the conservatorship. Over the past three years, Rosengart remained on the case to settle\u00a0<\/strong>loose ends while resolving an ongoing legal dispute with the singer\u2019s father, Jamie Spears, over his attorney\u2019s fees. The latter matter was resolved two months ago, bringing a quieter end to the entire ordeal but delivering an exclamation point nonetheless.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere\u2019s no active litigation at this time, Rosengart has said. \u201cAs she desired, her freedom now includes that she will no longer need to attend or be involved with court or entangled with legal proceedings in this matter,\u201d he explained in a statement issued on April 26.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs such, Rosengart is closing the chapter as Spears\u2019 litigator of record as he shifts focus toward to other clients. \u201cIt has been an honor to serve as Britney\u2019s litigator, to work with her to achieve her goals in obtaining the court-ordered suspension of her former conservator, followed by restoring her fundamental rights and civil liberties, while continuing to protect her and more recently to extricate her from all outstanding litigation and the byzantine probate court proceedings. As I\u2019ve always said, the credit goes to Britney,\u201d Rosengart says in a statement obtained by\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tRosengart\u2019s work with Spears over these past three years extended beyond the conservatorship as he emerged wearing many hats as a trusted counsel and point of contact in a number of high-profile negotiations and situations. It is understood, however, that his role in her life was always as a litigator and such an arrangement would always have an end date.<\/p>\n

\n\tRosengart played a key role in shepherding a number of deals and developments in Spears\u2019 life. Those included a massive Simon & Schuster book deal for her best-selling memoir\u00a0The Woman in Me<\/em>, a prenuptial agreement and subsequent divorce with ex-husband Sam Asghari, a restraining order against ex-husband Jason Alexander (who attempted to crash her Asghari wedding) and more. In May, following an incident at Chateau Marmont that reportedly left her with an ankle injury, Spears credited Rosengart with helping her through the aftermath. \u201cThis man is wonderful!!! He\u2019s like a father to me,\u201d she posted. \u201cI adore you and admire you mister Matthew!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFor his work, Spears has repeatedly and profusely praised Rosengart through multiple Instagram posts (her primary source of public commentary) and in\u00a0The Woman in Me<\/em>. Rosengart has also been hailed as a hero by the pop star\u2019s legions of fans, a group that doggedly propelled the #FreeBritney movement. Though the\u00a0attention, compliments and\u00a0numerous accolades and awards\u00a0may have been a surprise for Rosengart, it wasn\u2019t completely new. Rosengart once triumphed on behalf of Penn in a defamation case against Lee Daniels, and the Oscar-winning actor has since praised his lawyer as a \u201ctough-as-nails street fighter with a big brain and bigger principles.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe previously told\u00a0THR<\/em>\u00a0that he leaned on those principles when taking the case. \u201cI\u2019ve always detested bullying, even growing up,\u201d he told\u00a0THR<\/em>. \u201cBullying a woman is even more unacceptable and abhorrent. It was troubling to me both personally and professionally, and I felt I could help stop it, as a lawyer and otherwise. That\u2019s a pledge I made, and it was really rewarding to be able to help.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSpears\u2019 life started to change in June 2021, when, for the first time, the singer addressed the court herself, by phone, during a conservatorship hearing. Spears spent more than 20 minutes unloading to Judge Brenda Penny in a scorching declaration of life under the \u201cabusive\u201d restrictions she\u2019d been under since 2008. \u201cIt is my wish and my dream for all of this to end,\u201d said Spears who requested during prepared remarks that she be able to hire an attorney of her choosing rather than continue with conservatorship-approved counsel Samuel Ingham.<\/p>\n

\n\tWithin days, on July 10, 2021, Rosengart made his way to Spears\u2019 residence where, in a pool house, they met to discuss a plan that would see the powerhouse litigator and former Department of Justice trial attorney to take the case. The court approved his appointment in July, and in a swift four months Spears\u2019 wish was granted. On Nov. 12, 2021, Judge Penny granted a petition to terminate the 13-year arrangement in a landmark probate court decision, delivering a seismic shift for Spears that freed her from the conservatorship and opened her life in a way that left her future open ended.<\/p>\n

\n\tLast October, California Gov. Mathew Rosengart signed Senate Bill 43 that updated the state\u2019s conservatorship laws for the first time in half a century. The bill was designed to give individuals protected rights while also increasing transparency on the\u00a0process.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen the conservatorship was terminated that day in November, Rosengart fielded a question from reporters outside the court house in Downtown Los Angeles. \u201cWhat\u2019s next for Britney?\u201d asked a journalist, to which Rosengart replied, \u201cWhat\u2019s next for Britney \u2014 and this is the first time this could be said for about a decade \u2014 is up to one person:\u00a0Britney.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThis article was originally published by The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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