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Celebrity Divorce Lawyer Tells All
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Attorney Raoul Felder tells Alan how he became a divorce lawyer for rich and famous clients.
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- Date Oct 26, 2012
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Attorney Raoul Felder tells Alan how he became a divorce lawyer for rich and famous clients.
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And outcomes such Raul Felder -- -- the -- divorce attorney and reflections in a -- of love lost them.
And divorced my wife and I have a joke until we -- my friends over -- -- a problem.
It is good like that it's like that the best of what -- Well to about doing it longer than anybody else I think what you have your most appliances teams have been women -- that -- that -- well talent and in any divorce -- have most of the scores.
-- -- Because -- have lawyers and divorce -- about 1520 years ago became very popular.
So they're business lawyers journalists go so was a woman who seek out somebody that she thought it was a divorce lawyer they would at least at the beginning because -- -- it if you usually dealt with.
Now you have.
Had he won and getting some of these high profile cases which I -- talk about that but you're the go to guy and are the go to guy for high profile celebrity client.
-- you know a star whose business.
-- was US attorney.
I if I was going to leave at some point.
Then -- and one day in the middle of the night.
My brother gets to the phones -- want to speak to morning.
No morning was what humans so went on on the road the John -- you or socially -- our disposal well was played all of the world.
So more he gets in the folder envelope.
He says it's it's the end them I can't stand with -- movement and most.
Want to get divorced.
So are you are met him very early demoted because I was doing what the government payroll and -- -- -- down to jobs.
And do you want me to represent him his voice I did.
Because I -- is good way to get.
Get a get a get out to government payroll.
After I did what when the case was going on I was able to establish that the best man to -- sleeping with a broad money that little boy -- wife.
And so the daily news in those -- would pay three was simply a like him exposing.
Magazine and so had a headline.
Best man kisses and tells.
Well at that point you'll lots of -- old -- slowest in effect -- a lawyer is.
-- who had one divorce case and nobody want to try to most cases.
It was like divorce to look talked how legitimate is that that doesn't it but I want to do and then I started getting calls you know world from lawyers -- dealt with a government.
And -- you know I have this old dog a divorce case I don't wanna go to trial.
But I took the cases and -- -- year it was a hit that was busy.
Both of us have settled out of court oh yeah and well it has to -- that way because.
Prince's New York -- all you got five or six judges -- divorce cases.
It just half of these people the rhythm of the people assigned to the judges cases.
Went to trial.
It was a trial takes weeks and weeks -- yeah.
The -- the court system and asked to resettle anywhere helper and a couple back the other.
Sometimes.
Probably not the reason -- But the time it comes to divorce lawyer.
They've gone through the -- by the priest.
That the psychiatrist.
-- hairdresser they've got a -- -- -- like -- get so we go through a month for a we say did you ever think of -- of not getting posted everything you're going to account sort of -- think and they opened the way had to make.
The last -- -- -- -- let me if I just mentioned some of -- famous people you've dealt -- on either side of the equation whether you're representing.
The spouse or the person I'm gonna mention -- just -- your take on the mayor Giuliani for example Rudolph Giuliani.
-- that was the divorce essentially because it was the first time a city mayor.
A particular city mayor of new York city of broad principles city of the world won't -- Wasn't among the middle of divorce case and it was a -- divorce case it was -- indiscriminate animals dogs and not by rude but.
And earlier rounds -- and so consumer existence for whatever it was in the press is the way outside -- -- -- building out of my house.
And -- was very good in terms of of being upset that this -- -- somebody once said to -- about -- should.
If things -- quiet.
You don't need Rudy abilities that Goodman was -- stock go -- usually that's the best he got a W didn't he announced a -- publicly and apparently she didn't know about it and will yes that's -- that's what the newspapers -- to do it wasn't so.
But it was sold most of the -- of it.
Because we only became public later on -- was -- but it was actually it was the other way around you period of places alone was adopted soon.
-- long before you probably shouldn't and the recently set -- by the way is.
Because he's that I he's living the life he could do that -- one -- -- announcer Elizabeth Taylor.
I represent.
I guess it's a list husband learn or to put Penske.
It was a very -- to deploy it by choice or whose divorce she was no beauty anymore.
The and I don't need to be -- -- good age to be -- like that all of us.
But.
In my book I write about I've actually met him before -- Who would.
I was one of the first people whose state don't 41 of the people.
But it backed caught her and -- caught he got elected he had -- to New -- go to oh.
For these people supported them originally in every -- -- a motion to table.
And say fifteen people wanted to.
And so I was aside one and I got there early and Elizabeth Taylor that we had they blatantly played -- -- -- -- I was there alone until they play the -- -- it'll put things combined.
And -- to everybody around.
But that -- was a hero -- no because.
When everybody left I took -- -- I don't so that's the first government there and I explain that only sort of position that he received to register.
He represented a Robin Givens I guess yeah Mike Tyson yeah that was -- -- -- difficulties because Mike Tyson was.
The heavyweight champion.
A very popular heavyweight champion -- was brutal.
The popular which have been as she was a villain of the people at the NATO paid as a mother and there was a really no way to win the public's.
Finish in that case but time will tell.
He was revealed to be a sort of disturbed he.
Display elected it was PO RT got a -- yeah -- 0% go to them it's it's.
-- have told -- to anybody but.
Mike Tyson was born.
The same day that rules that Robin's mother.
Had given birth to another child and I think that you -- that live in Florida that shield and two girls.
And so she was -- It was really like a mother son relationship between the -- and to the point that I found that even if the woods he showed up at her house the mom's house.
And does she -- him dinner and they got up but left.
Well.
This summer to talk about here which we don't have time to get to like when you represented to mothers and paternity cases yeah -- below that here you go for Obama this -- the last time you voted for -- I think this is either of these fair for me to jail -- go below just -- we talk about -- borrow from and I did vote to list on.
And I was aware of -- is an experience question that I was -- comfortable with Reverend Wright.
But I thought you can have a democracy and say.
But economically important to be president and -- a footnote that says except a few black and Jewish agree couldn't get -- -- So I thought it was the right thing to do but I still think it's.
What's the right thing to do.
-- so lost some friends along the way.
What got -- back and hopefully Jackie Mason he had an idea I -- -- -- but that there was a little -- this with everybody.
When I voted for Obama has a total gonna vote for Obama.
I think it's a closer question -- I am.
I'm one of the 1% -- undecided.
I think give the balls first place man actually.
And I don't know maybe -- to save -- maybe not we'll see.
Anger on the show long enough -- -- image of us and I appreciate seeing you again -- pleasure pleasure.
And it's nice to relive those memories of -- you know the book is go reflections in a mirror of love loss death and divorce Raoul Felder and lots more in this book we just didn't get to -- -- you -- and thank you very much a mile thank you well of.