Quote from: "suspicious mind"is this the first time it has been mentioned about the children's lawyer or did i just miss that somewhere along the line?
I wondered this too, and looked her up. It seems she has been around for quite a while.
Jackson kids now have lawyer; estate debate continues
updated 1:42 p.m. EDT, Mon August 17, 2009
By Alan Duke
CNN
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The newly named lawyer for Michael Jackson's children makes her first court appearance Monday as a judge decides if he'll approve a contract between Jackson's estate and concert promoter AEG Live.
Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, who has custody of the three children, objected to provisions of the deal that would give AEG Live a share of rights to video of her son's final rehearsals.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff appointed estate law expert Margaret Lodise last week to represent the children after he decided their interests might sometimes conflict with their grandmother's.
Despite warnings by estate lawyers that a delay could cost millions of dollars, Beckloff delayed his decision on the AEG Live contract one week to give the children's new lawyer time to weigh in on the deal...
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/0 ... index.html
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Here is a great link, it gives links to many articles that concern her being "guardian ad litum" to the children.
http://cpedia.com/wiki/Margaret_Lodise? ... ce=1#ref_0
From Cpedia, the automated encyclopedia
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge last week appointed Margaret G. Lodise to champion the interests of Paris, Prince Michael II ("Blanket") and Prince Michael. [1] The woman thrust into the center of Jackson's estate case is a trust and estate specialist with the L.A. law firm Sacks Glazier Franklin & Lodise. [2]
Judge Mitchell Beckloff, concerned the interests of the mother and the children may not always coincide, appointed Lodise their guardian ad litem. [3] When she entered Lincoln High, her father, Stockton attorney Darrell Glahn, pushed her into speech and debate. [4]
"I figured she could do all right in a courtroom if she could put the screws to a witness without even alienating the witness," Glahn recalled. [5]
A partner in her own law firm, and a respected authority on probate and trust, Lodise attributes her prominence to hard work, networking, volunteering on many panels and boards and teaching at legal seminars. [6] Though she previously worked on part of the estate of Johnny "Guitar" Watson and, years ago, flamboyant tycoon Armand Hammer, Lodise said she is not branching into celebrity work. [7] She practices estate, trust and conservatorship litigation as a partner of Los Angeles law firm Sacks, Glazier, Franklin and Lodise. [8]
Jackson kids Aug 18 (IBNS) Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff appointed estate law expert Margaret Lodise to represent the late King of Pop Michael Jackson's children after he decided their interests might conflict with their grandmother's. [9] The CNN reported Margaret made her first court appearance Monday as a judge decides if he'll approve a contract between Jackson's estate and concert promoter AEG Live. [10]