Nicki Minaj’s revolving door of attorneys has become a talking point in someone else’s court filing. 24/7 Productions, which is suing the rapper for $275,149.62, is now pointing to her history of legal breakups as the reason a New York judge shouldn’t let her latest one drag the case out.
In a filing obtained by AllHipHop, 24/7 attorney Joshua B. Katz of McLaughlin & Stern said the company won’t oppose her lawyers stepping away. What it wants is a firm deadline for Minaj to line up replacement counsel, not an open-ended pause.
“Defendants should not receive additional time because their relationship with their own counsel has broken down,” Katz wrote.
He added that a long delay “would shift the cost of that breakdown to 24/7 and extend a delay that has already kept 24/7 from payment for services it rendered and out-of-pocket costs it incurred nearly three years ago.”
The firm heading for the exit is Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, which represents Minaj and her company Pink Friday Productions LLC.
Katz’s affirmation quotes their withdrawal papers, which cite “Irreconcilable differences” over representation, disagreements about litigation strategy and a breakdown in communication.
Katz didn’t stop at this case. He walked the court through the turmoil in Tameer Peak’s lawsuit against Minaj, recounting a missed response deadline, a clerk’s default and a string of lawyers leaving, all drawn from published reporting.
He also brought up Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, a former firm of hers that sued over unpaid fees, and the default judgment security guard Thomas Weidenmuller secured against her. Katz framed those episodes as a pattern that justifies keeping this pause on a short leash.
The underlying dispute goes back to December 2023. 24/7 says it handled live-event production and support for iHeartRadio Jingle Ball shows in Chicago and Atlanta, along with New York promotional events tied to Pink Friday 2, the album Minaj released that month.
Most of the money it’s chasing, $255,149.62, is out-of-pocket expenses the company says it fronted for the defendants. The suit itself was filed on March 23, 2026.
Minaj’s side tells a different story. Her defense disputes the debt, arguing Pink Friday Productions paid the bills and that owning the company doesn’t make her personally liable for its obligations.
Judge Leslie A. Stroth has already paused proceedings and set a December 1 hearing on the withdrawal request. Her order contemplated another 30 days for Minaj to secure new counsel, or a different window set by the court.
Katz argues that no automatic stay applies when lawyers leave voluntarily, and he wants any further delay limited. His November 12 affirmation is filed as NYSCEF Document 38 in case 651775/2026.
Replies on the withdrawal motion are due November 23, ahead of the December hearing. After that, it’s Stroth’s call on how long Minaj gets to find her next legal team.
