Laura Wasser
Laura Allison Wasser (born c.1968, Los Angeles)[1][2] is an American attorney specializing in divorce.[3] Wasser is the host of "All's Fair With Laura Wasser", a podcast on iHeart Radio. She is also the founder and CEO of an online divorce service, It's Over Easy. TMZ called her the "disso queen".[4][5][6][7][8]
Early life and education
Wasser was born in Los Angeles. She attended The American School in Switzerland in 1985. She graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1986. She has a B.A. degree in Rhetoric from University of California, Berkeley, and she earned a J.D. degree from Loyola Law School in 1994.[9][10][2] She has been a member of the California Bar since December 1994.[11]
Career
Wasser is a divorce attorney in Los Angeles[12] and the founder of It's Over Easy,[13][14] an online divorce service.
Wasser has handled a number of high-profile, high-net-worth dissolutions, including those for Angelina Jolie,[15] Heidi Klum,[16] Kim Kardashian,[17] Ryan Reynolds,[18] Christina Aguilera,[19] Hilary Duff,[18] Stevie Wonder,[18] Kelis,[20] Patricia Arquette,[7] Kate Walsh,[21] Johnny Knoxville,[8] Jimmy Iovine[22] Maria Shriver,[23] and Olivier Martinez in his 2015 divorce from Halle Berry.[24][25][26]
With her father, lawyer Dennis Wasser, she served as an on-set legal consultant for the movie Liar Liar.[18] Her book It Doesn't Have to Be That Way: How to Divorce Without Destroying Your Family or Bankrupting Yourself[27] was published in 2013.[28]
Honors and awards
In 2011, Wasser was the recipient of the Century City Chamber of Commerce Women of Achievement.[29] Wasser received the Brady Center Advocate Award.[30]
Personal life
Wasser has two sons[31] with two former boyfriends that she did not marry.[32][33] In 1993, she divorced a man she was briefly married to who is not the father of either of her children[34][33] and has not married again since.[32][33] She resides in Los Angeles.[35]
References
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- ^ a b "USATODAY.com - Divorcing stars pick this group". usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "A List Divorce Lawyer On Splitting Up In The 21st Century 36544.html - divorce - Laws.com". divorce.laws.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "TMZ Redefines Celebrity Dirt". newyorker.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Wasser to Britney -- You're Someone Else's Problem Now". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Britney's Hot Lawyer is Back!". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Arquette Calls Off Divorce from 'Hung' Actor". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Johnny Knoxville Pulls the Plug on Marriage". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Laura A. Wasser". wccfamilylaw.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Laura Wasser '94 - Loyola Law School, Los Angeles". lls.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "State Bar of CA :: Laura Allison Wasser". calbar.ca.gov. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Laura Wasser". interviewmagazine.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "It's Over Easy".
- ^ "'It's Over Easy': Lessons from Laura Wasser's Divorce Platform for Entrepreneurs". forbes.com. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Angelina Jolie Retains Laura Wasser for Divorce: Why You've Heard of Her". people.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Heidi Klum Files for Divorce From Seal". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Kim Kardashian's Lawyer: Kris Humphries' Lawyer is a Liar". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d Dries, Kate. "A Timeline of Celebrity Divorce Queen Laura Wasser's Ride to the Top". jezebel.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Christina Aguilera Files For Divorce From Jordan Bratman". foxnews.com. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Kelis: Nas Left Me High and Dry". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Kate Walsh Hubby -- No Protection Required". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Music Mogul -- Which Marriage Were You In?". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Maria Shriver Hires Mega-Divorce Lawyer". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Clash of the Divorce Lawyer Titans: The Attorneys Behind Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez's Split". people.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Olivier Martinez Files for Divorce Against Halle ... The Plot Thickens". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez file for divorce". Hellomagazine.com. 2015-10-28. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "'It Doesn't Have to Be That Way':How to manage a hassle-free divorce". today.com. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ Walden, Celia (2013-10-17). "Beware Laura Wasser - the queen of Hollywood divorce lawyers". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Women of Achievement 2011" (PDF). Century City Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "CNN's Piers Morgan Honored at Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Benefit". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "A Place Called Home - Laura A. Wasser, 2016 Angel of the Children Award". apch.org. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Top Hollywood Divorce Lawyer Says More Big Splits Are Coming Because Stars Didn't Want to Face Awards Season Alone". people.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ a b c "Angelina Jolie's famous divorce attorney". cnn.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ O'Neill, Ann. "'Disso Queen' tends Hollywood's broken hearts - CNN.com". cnn.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Laura Wasser: Divorce Lawyer to the Stars". damemagazine.com. Dame Magazine. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2016.