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Throwing the first punch against husband Mike Tyson last October, Robin Givens hired Marvin Mitchelson, the dean of American divorce gurus, to handle her much publicized breakup with the world heavyweight boxing champion. But Givens soon dropped the Los Angeles attorney and signed with Raoul Felder, 54, a New York City divorce lawyer who has won handsome settlements for the former wives of Mel Brooks, Martin Scorsese and Robin Leach, among others. For Felder to take charge of the season's most ballyhooed split seemed a fitting turnaround. Mitchelson, 60, who has recently been accused of professional misconduct and even...
...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...
...this team starting a freshman is unusual." Crimson Coach Carole Klein, felder says. "But Alyce is caliemely enthusiastic and consistent, as well as a very mature freshman that's one of the reasons she's able to start...