Singer Britney Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, is changing his legal team following his suspension from his daughter’s conservatorship. His change in counsel came ahead of pop star’s next hearing on November 12, which is when the 13-year conservatorship is expected to be terminated.

In a statement sent to Variety on Thursday, the attorney who has been representing Spears throughout the conservatorship said that her firm is no longer working with him.

“We are proud of our work on behalf of Jamie Spears and stand by his and our actions,” stated Vivian L. Thoreen of Holland & Knight LLP.

“We continue to have a good relationship, and are pleased that we have been able to help Jamie find new counsel. I am confident that Jamie’s new counsel will continue to prove that he has always acted in Britney’s best interests every step of the way,” the statement further reads.

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According to court docs filed this week,  Spears has retained high-powered entertainment and business litigator Alex Weingarten, a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, reports Variety.

Jamie has been supervising his daughter’s estate in his role of conservator since 2008. But Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny suspended him last month.

Judge Penny’s decision to suspend the Jamie on September 29 came after the singer testified twice this past summer with accusations of conservatorship abuse, and days after after the New York Times exposed allegations that Spears had been running a surveillance operation that allegedly had him bugging his adult daughter’s home and tracking her phone so he could eavesdrop on her without her consent.

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The star’s lawyer, veteran Hollywood attorney Mathew Rosengart, who has represented the likes of Sean Penn and Steven Spielberg, has repeatedly accused Britney’s father of financial mismanagement and conservatorship abuse and has pledged to investigate him and depose him under oath. 

Jamie Spears has continuously denied all allegations of wrongdoing throughout his daughter’s legal battle.