Jennifer Lopez’s Celebrity Divorce Filing is Strategic

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The Timing of Jennifer Lopez's Divorce FIling? 'Brilliant' and 'strategic,' say divorce attorneys.

Description: Celebrity lawyer Christopher C. Melcher, who is ranked as a best family law attorney in California, explains why the timing of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck‘s celebrity divorce is strategic and brilliant.

Publication: Yahoo!

Publication Date: August 21, 2024

Journalist: Suzy Byrne

Area(s) of Legal Expertise needed for interview:  Celebrity Divorce

Legal Expert: Christopher C. Melcher

Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck at AIR premiere in Westwood in March 2023
Celebrity divorce lawyer Christopher C. Melcher who is ranked as a best family law attorney in California, explains how the timing of Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck's Celebrity Divorce is strategic and brilliant on Yahoo! News

Quote: “There is no way she is doing any of this without an attorney, so listing herself as being self-represented would be for show only…,” said Los Angeles-based top family law attorney and legal analyst Christopher Melcher, who handles celebrity and high-net- worth divorces in California.

“It could be a signal that Jennifer and Ben have settled, and their next step will be to present an agreed-upon judgment of divorce,”  explains Melcher, who is a partner of Walzer Melcher Yoda LLP, which is ranked as a high-net- worth top family law firm