EXCLUSIVE: Jon Gosselin Hires Top Powerhouse Attorney For Upcoming Custody Battle
Posted on Apr 29, 2010 @ 01:30PM
Jon Gosselin has hired experienced family law expert Mary Vidas to represent him in his custody battle with his wife Kate Gosselin, RadarOnline.com can exclusively report.
The Jon & Kate Plus 8 star recently fired his last attorney, Anthony List, after he blasted Kate as the pair try and settle their differences.
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Shortly after an online story quoted Anthony List blasting Kate Gosselin for being a "shameless promoter," Jon Gosselin took to his Twitter to announce that he had fired List a week ago!
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"Mr. Anthony List Sr., Esq. is not my representing attorney; I terminated him on April 15, 2010," Jon wrote last week.
List later told RadarOnline.com that he was only trying to protect his client and that he had not had official notice that he was off the case.
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But RadarOnline.com has learned today that Kate’s lawyer Mark Momjian has been notified that Vidas is now handling the case.
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Vidas, 50, is a highly respected Philadelphia lawyer who is described as having a ‘forceful personality’ - she made her name at the 400 strong attorney firm Blank Rome where she is now a partner
She grew up in New Jersey and has represented clients from Cape May, New Jersey, to Lancaster to Scranton, Pa, and specializes in custody cases.
She lists her mentors as her father – a co-owner of the Acme Piano Co., a longtime fixture of Philadelphia commerce.
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She and her husband, a legislative affairs executive for a major oil company, live in Haddonfield, N.J.; they have two daughters, one attending the University of Miami Law School and the other, still in high school, is an enthusiastic rower.
Vidas spends her free time organizing parents to support the Haddonfield Crew Club. She enjoys theater, is a voracious reader and will engage in an occasional round of golf.
“A lot of lawyers also don’t like courtrooms. I’m not one of them – courtrooms have not bothered me,” she once revealed.
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Sources have told RadarOnline.com that both Jon and Kate are working behind the scenes to try and resolve their differences.
Vidas will represent Jon Gosselin at his next custody hearing at Berks County Court in Reading, Pennsylvania next month.
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Tina 1,
You aren't really over 13 are you. How could anyone over 13 be so completely stupid?
Posted Thu, 06/03/2010 - 6:11pm
Good for Jon! Hopefully this new attorney will see to it that Jon's rights and the children's rights are not violated. Who knows, maybe them working will interfer with Jon's custody days. It should not-ever!
Posted Mon, 05/31/2010 - 11:00pm
No working trip or work period should EVER stop them from seeing their father or mother. Hope this is not the case but this attorney seems to be the one Jon might need to keep Kate's team honest on both side's of the custody issue.
Posted Mon, 05/31/2010 - 11:02pm
Jon has an apartment for the children to go to and not bother Kate in the children's house. Good for Jon getting it together for the children! Kate should find a man and go on also. They both was trying to do things in the wrong way.
Posted Mon, 05/31/2010 - 11:06pm
I sure wish Jon would write a book and have a show too with the children on it since Kate is. We need to see him with them also. I would watch his show but not Kate's, watching a father raise his 8 would be a very good show!
Posted Mon, 05/31/2010 - 11:07pm
Jon may not want a show but with this attorney and Jon doing the right stuff, Jon might just come out on top of it all. That would be sooooo good for the children!!! But, whatever happens-happens. Just glad Jon is getting good advice now.
Posted Mon, 05/31/2010 - 11:09pm
Still don't think this will help him at all...
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Posted Fri, 04/30/2010 - 3:49pm
Vidas is going to have her hands full with a client like Jon. His substance issues, numerous relationships, failed commitments, and poor track record with attorneys are going to be major obstacles.
Posted Thu, 04/29/2010 - 10:54pm
Jon Gosselin declines DWTS offer to appear Next Season for $500,000..
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by jibberjabber Posted Thu, 04/29/2010 - 11:11pm......POSTED ON KATE'S THREAD.
Posted Thu, 04/29/2010 - 10:48pm
made by the pedophile jibber who was hoping to make money showing pics of the children's panties on his site doesn't have a whole lot of credit here or anywhere else. If dwts offered Jon 10k he'd be ALL over it.
Posted Fri, 04/30/2010 - 5:51am