GAWKER SLAYER

GAWKER SLAYER

The Professional and Personal Adventures of Famed Attorney

CHARLES HARDER

Dubbed "the highest-profile media lawyer in America" by The Hollywood Reporter, and "Hollywood's favorite lawyer," by Financial Times, Charles Harder tells his story for the first time

With GAWKER SLAYER, Charles Harder takes readers on a journey of his biggest cases, including his landmark $140 million trial victory against Gawker Media on behalf of his client, Hulk Hogan-on the fifth anniversary of the infamous trial verdict.

The book is intertwined with fascinating narrations from Harder's 25-year career as a high-profile entertainment and media attorney, personal stories about his life, upbringing and legal career, and commentary on the media, law and major topics of the day including media bias, journalistic ethics, and cancel culture.  

GAWKER SLAYER tells the stories, with personal anecdotes, of Harder's most high-profile cases, including:

• An in-depth, multi-chapter look inside the legal battle between Hulk Hogan and Gawker Media which resulted in the knockout verdict that put the company out of business.

• Winning a multi-million dollar settlement, plus full retraction and apology, for First Lady Melania Trump against the Daily Mail.

• Beating Stormy Daniels in two federal lawsuits, on behalf of client President Trump.

• Representing Amber Heard in her divorce case against ex-husband Johnny Depp.

• Representing Halle Berry in rewriting the laws to stop paparazzi from harassing the children of celebrities.

• Representing the Julia Child Foundation against Thermador for posthumously using Child's name and image to market their products, without permission or compensation.

• Representing Sandra Bullock, Cameron Diaz and Reese Witherspoon in lawsuits to protect their name and image rights.  

GAWKER SLAYER is about doing what's necessary, sometimes through extraordinary measures, to protect the fundamental rights of free speech and free expression, and in the process protect individuals against the excesses of powerful media corporations, and promote responsibility and civility in society.

CHARLES HARDER is a U.S. litigation and trial attorney who practices in the areas of media law, First Amendment, defamation, privacy, reputation protection, entertainment, intellectual property and business litigation. He is licensed to practice in California, New York and the District of Columbia. Mr. Harder is founder and managing partner of HARDER LLP (www.HarderLLP.com) based in Los Angeles, with offices in New York.