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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: A Struggle for Splitsville's Buck:Felder tops Mitchelson | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: A Struggle for Splitsville's Buck:Felder tops Mitchelson | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

...while it is still uncertain whether Dukakis will return to the K-School in two years, his wife, Kitty, will be returning to work today as director of the K-School's Public Space Partnership Program, according to Renee L. Robin, executive director of the program...

Author: By Eric S. Solowey, | Title: K-School Would Welcome Duke Back | 1/6/1989 | See Source »

Kitty Dukakis took a leave of absence last April to campaign with her husband and will be returning today to work out her work schedule. She will probably work one to two days per week, Robin said...

Author: By Eric S. Solowey, | Title: K-School Would Welcome Duke Back | 1/6/1989 | See Source »

Started in 1985 with help from Kitty Dukakis, the program seeks to improve "public spaces," such as parks and recreational areas. Winthrop Park on JFK Street was one of the program's projects, Robin said...

Author: By Eric S. Solowey, | Title: K-School Would Welcome Duke Back | 1/6/1989 | See Source »

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