When the news broke that Angelina Jolie had filed for divorce from Brad Pitt after two years of marriage and 12 years together, one of the biggest questions in Hollywood was: who will she hire to represent her in court?

The answer, when it came, was almost predictable. Jolie has enlisted the services of Laura Wasser, one of Hollywood’s go-to divorce attorneys.

It’s not the first time the pair have worked together: 48-year-old uber-lawyer Wasser represented Jolie in her 2003 divorce from Billy Bob Thornton. But Wasser’s long list of other clients reads like a who’s-who of unhappy Hollywood endings. Johnny Depp was a client during his divorce from Amber Heard, as was Britney Spears when she split from Kevin Federline. Stevie Wonder, Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Garner and several Kardashians have also enlisted her services.

In a recent interview published in Vanity Fair, Wasser reveals the murky truth behind negotiating a celebrity divorce. Here, we’ve picked out her most revealing insights.

Angelina Jolie’s attorney reveals what really happens in a Hollywood divorce