Britney Spears' New Lawyer Says He'll Kick Father From Conservatorship 'Unless He Resigns First'

By Cammy Pedroja On 7/19/21 at 9:15 PM EDT

Britney Spears' new lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, said Monday that he and his firm "are moving aggressively and expeditiously to file a petition to remove Jamie Spears," from the pop star's conservatorship "unless he resigns first."

Speaking to a crowd gathered outside the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles, California, Rosengart thanked Britney Spears "for her strength," Judge Brenda Penny "for her courtesy in welcoming my firm and I into this case," Spears' fans and supporters for their "overwhelming" outreach and support of himself, his firm, and "most importantly, Britney."

The attorney, who has had many other celebrity clients in the past, including Steven Spielberg, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Sean Penn, reiterated his intention, as he has "said in court last week and outside," to end Britney Spears' father, James "Jamie" Spears' control of her life by removing him from her conservatorship.

Spears also reiterated her decision to abstain from working until her father is removed from her conservatorship in a heated Instagram post over the weekend.

When asked by a reporter if he was any closer to his goal after a few days on the job, Rosengart answered "We're working very hard on documents."

Spears won the right to appoint Rosengart, who is also a former federal prosecutor, as her chosen lawyer last week. After she asked for the right "to actually handpick my own lawyer by myself," and her court-appointed lawyer, Samuel D. Ingham III, asked to resign, both requests were granted by Judge Brenda Penny on July 14.

Spears also reiterated her decision to abstain from working until her father is removed from her conservatorship in a heated Instagram post over the weekend.

Britney Spears' new lawyer, Mathew Rosengart said Monday that he and his firm "are moving aggressively and expeditiously to file a petition to remove Jamie Spears," from the popstar's conservatorship "unless he resigns first." Here Spears appears on a red carpet in Hollywood, California on July 22, 2019. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/Getty

Rosengart made his comments on Monday just after a hearing regarding Spears' court-appointed co-conservator's security costs had just adjourned for the day without any major arguments or decisions, and pushed back to a later date.

Jodi Montgomery, who has been listed as a co-conservator since 2019, has requested that her $50,000 per month security detail costs be paid for by Jamie Spears since she began receiving death threats in June. Jamie Spears has argued that multiple people connected with the case receive death threats and that Montgomery should fund her own security should she think it necessary. Arguments will likely resume next Monday.