Kessler & Solomiany, LLC Celebrity Cases Archives

…when there is a lot of money combined with potential for a lot of negative public publicity, cases resolve quickly

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were getting divorced. I didn’t have too much to add, except to say that rich or poor, famous or not, everyone should try to reach settlement of their own issues, and I am sure they will do their best to do that.

While there certainly is more than one way to work with the press, I have found that being forthcoming with the media, even if my answer is “I don’t know”, or “I know but cannot and will not say”, has been the best.

I have been very fortunate to have been invited to speak on high profile and high asset divorce recently.

Using lawyers to do their communicating often has its limits and almost always, celebrities figure out what they want to do and then tell their lawyers to “make it so”.

Only time will tell, but the longer it goes, the longer players remain unemployed, the more likely it is that they will see their child support obligations reduced, in my opinion.

The third, and best course of action, is for players and the women to whom they pay support, get together and reach agreements.

Here’s to hoping that things get better for those who had a rough 2010, and that those who didn’t, continue to be blessed in 2011 and beyond.

Yes new relationships should wait until a marriage has fully ended, but we are not a patient species.

Maybe I am jaded as a divorce lawyer, but even I believe there are many, many people who instead of discussing money would simply discuss the relationship.