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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  2. "USATODAY.com - Divorcing stars pick this group". usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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  4. "TMZ Redefines Celebrity Dirt". newyorker.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  5. "Wasser to Britney -- You're Someone Else's Problem Now". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  6. "Britney's Hot Lawyer is Back!". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  7. "Arquette Calls Off Divorce from 'Hung' Actor". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  8. "Johnny Knoxville Pulls the Plug on Marriage". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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  11. "State Bar of CA :: Laura Allison Wasser". calbar.ca.gov. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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  13. "It's Over Easy".
  14. "'It's Over Easy': Lessons from Laura Wasser's Divorce Platform for Entrepreneurs". forbes.com. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  15. "Angelina Jolie Retains Laura Wasser for Divorce: Why You've Heard of Her". people.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  16. "Heidi Klum Files for Divorce From Seal". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  17. "Kim Kardashian's Lawyer: Kris Humphries' Lawyer is a Liar". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  18. Dries, Kate. "A Timeline of Celebrity Divorce Queen Laura Wasser's Ride to the Top". jezebel.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  19. "Christina Aguilera Files For Divorce From Jordan Bratman". foxnews.com. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  20. "Kelis: Nas Left Me High and Dry". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  21. "Kate Walsh Hubby -- No Protection Required". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  22. "Music Mogul -- Which Marriage Were You In?". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  23. "Maria Shriver Hires Mega-Divorce Lawyer". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  24. "Clash of the Divorce Lawyer Titans: The Attorneys Behind Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez's Split". people.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  25. "Olivier Martinez Files for Divorce Against Halle ... The Plot Thickens". tmz.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  26. "Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez file for divorce". Hellomagazine.com. 2015-10-28. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  27. "'It Doesn't Have to Be That Way':How to manage a hassle-free divorce". today.com. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  28. Walden, Celia (2013-10-17). "Beware Laura Wasser - the queen of Hollywood divorce lawyers". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  29. "Women of Achievement 2011" (PDF). Century City Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  30. "CNN's Piers Morgan Honored at Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Benefit". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  31. "A Place Called Home - Laura A. Wasser, 2016 Angel of the Children Award". apch.org. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  32. "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.
  33. "Angelina Jolie's famous divorce attorney". cnn.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  34. O'Neill, Ann. "'Disso Queen' tends Hollywood's broken hearts - CNN.com". cnn.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  35. "Laura Wasser: Divorce Lawyer to the Stars". damemagazine.com. Dame Magazine. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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