As hardball Hollywood lawyers go, Terry N. Christensen ranks in the top tier.
For 35 years, the former Marine Corps prosecutor has served as billionaire Kirk Kerkorian’s legal muscle in contentious deals involving studios, casinos, airlines and the nation’s biggest automakers. According to court records, Christensen once told Kerkorian’s former wife that his client would “bury” her financially if she continued with a child support lawsuit.
“We are tough and we can be, I guess, ruthless,” he told a Los Angeles Times reporter in 1994. “But it’s always within the bounds of honesty, and I think that’s why courts respect us.”
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