Word: felder
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lost a good chunk of our power, really, our ability to score goals," Harvard Coach Carole Klein felder said. "What I'll try to do is take some of our defense players and make them attack players and hope that will balance...
...Felder, whose firm billed some $12 million last year, is one of the sharpest operators at the negotiating table. Typical of his bargaining skills was the 1986 out-of-court settlement that saved more than $400 million for real estate magnate Sol Goldman, who has since died. But when Felder does go to court, says Peter Bronstein, a well-known Manhattan matrimonial lawyer, "he stands up and he yells and screams. People know he's there." The dapper Felder, who charges $450 per hour (compared with Mitchelson's $350), attributes his success in part to a no-nonsense...
...more important than Felder's brief-side manner, however, is his ability to win big money for clients with his uncanny publicity skills. Perceiving that the public had judged Robin Givens to be a gold digger in pursuit of her hubby's heavyweight fortune, Felder told the press that Robin sought no money from the divorce. But less than a month later, he filed a $125 million libel suit against Tyson on her behalf. The reason? The champ was quoted in the New York Post lambasting the actress and her mother as, among other things, "the slime of the slime...
...Felder and Mitchelson actually have more than a little in common. Both men are married to former actresses and flaunt ostentatious life-styles. Both are energetic courtroom performers who run primarily on instinct. Quips Bronstein: "Neither could be mistaken for the editor of the Harvard Law Review." In fact, the two men in 1981 discussed merging their practices to form a bicoastal divorce powerhouse. But nothing came of the idea: neither attorney seemed to need the business...
Charging $450 an hour to win huge settlements for his famous clients, Raoul Felder replaces Marvin Mitchelson as America' s No. 1 celebrity unhitcher...