Did Kanye West Hire Melinda Gates’ Lawyer? Here’s Everything You Need to Know

Published 09/30/2022, 9:30 PM EDT

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Given the onslaught of lovey-dovey public appearances, it definitely came as a shock when Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from Kanye West in 2021. The two have been married for seven years and have four kids. As if the divorce was not a huge shock, the aftermath was definitely so. With the Keeping Up The Kardashians star quickly moving on with her life and Kanye West not so much, the divorce has been a spectacle.

Given the number of divorce lawyers that he has changed in the past year and a half, Ye will not have any problem writing a song about them. Furthermore, every attorney in the high-profile divorce case had an amazing portfolio, but Kanye West’s newest attorney is here to take the cake.

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Kanye’s sixth lawyer following the lawsuit is a hit. Furthermore, the Grammy rapper has roped in Robert Stephen Cohen of Cohen Clair Lans Greifer Thorpe & Rottenstreich LLP. While this may not amuse you, the fact that he is the same lawyer who helped Melinda Gates receive a settlement of a whopping $76 billion definitely will.

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When Chris Rock was going through his divorce from Malaak Compton Rock, who was his wife for twenty years, it was Robert Cohen who helped him out. Although Melinda Gates has not said much about Cohen publicly, we all can assume that she is more than grateful to him. Chris, on the other hand, has praised how Cohen works.

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The attorney in question, Robert Cohen, 83 years old, has a tried and tested technique jotted down that helps him win. “There’s the bad part, the destruction of a marriage. But the other side of this, we start people out, and we give them a new life,” said Cohen on his profession while speaking to Michelle Mark.

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Adding to the list of high-profile divorce cases that he has handled is also Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City. Ye’s new attorney lives in New York, whereas the lawsuit is filed in Los Angeles. Therefore Kanye West has hired Nicholas A Salick of Salick Family Law Group to represent him in Los Angeles.

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Aliza Siddiqui

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Meet Aliza Siddiqui, a Hollywood News reporter at Netflix Junkie. Her love affair with Hollywood began with Anne Hathaway and The Princess Diaries, but it was the thrilling climax of Don’t Look Up that cemented her infatuation with the industry and its filmmaking. Aliza's journey into entertainment reporting began with her time at Otakukart, where she wrote over a thousand articles.

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