In the February 2003 issue of W, the women's fashion magazine, the Brooklyn-born, USC-educated [Dennis Wasser] flashed a scrapbook filled with memorabilia about his celebrity clients. He discussed the finer points of their private jets, and boasted how MGM mogul Kirk Kerkorian flew him and his family to Vegas for his 60th birthday, after he beat back the demands of Kerkorian's ex-wife for more child support. Wasser's photogenic 37-year-old daughter, Laura, is one of his closest associates and handles the marital woes of young celebs like Jessica Simpson and Angelina Jolie. The pair even consulted on the Jim Carrey comedy "Liar, Liar," about a divorce lawyer whose life is turned topsy-turvy when his son makes a birthday wish that his dad stop lying for 24 hours. The movie's producer, Brian Grazer, had also hired the Wasser firm to handle a request for more child support from his ex-wife.

In 2002, Lisa Bonder Kerkorian sued her ex-husband, asking for $320,000 a month in child support for her 4-year-old daughter Kira, which included $144,000 a month for travel, $14,000 for parties and play dates, $5,900 monthly to eat out and $436 for the care of her pet bunny. The 88-year-old Kerkorian retorted in a deposition, describing how Bonder Kerkorian, a former tennis pro, pressured him into marrying her so her daughter could carry his name. Kerkorian testified about how Bonder-Kerkorian faked a DNA test to pass Kira off as his biological daughter; another filing said Kerkorian had his security guard fish dental floss out of the garbage can of playboy producer Steve Bing, to prove that Bing was the real father. Kira Kerkorian's biological heritage turned out to be legally irrelevant to the case, but it made for salacious reading. Bing in turn sued Kerkorian for invasion of privacy, but the case quickly settled.

EX-WIFE: Lisa Bonder Kerkorian, allegedly wiretapped by Pellicano.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Frazer Harrison Getty Images; BILLIONAIRE: Wasser client Kirk Kerkorian was sued for hundreds of thousands in additional monthly child support.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Mike Mergen Bloomberg News; SUPERSTAR BREAKUP: [Tom Cruise] was represented by attorney Dennis Wasser in his divorce from [Nicole Kidman].; PHOTOGRAPHER: Neil Munns AFP; TOP ATTORNEY: Dennis Wasser, who's handled many high-profile divorce cases, has become a "person of interest" in the ongoing federal investigation of private investigator [Anthony Pellicano].; PHOTOGRAPHER: Frazer Harrison Getty Images