Britney Spears is asking to hire her own lawyer who can aggressively push for an end to her conservatorship, report says

• Britney Spears is in talks to hire high-profile lawyer Mathew Rosengart, The New York Times reports.
• Spears has been pushing to end a conservatorship that has been in place for 13 years.
• Last month she testified about how the conservatorship had resulted in trauma and a loss in freedom.

Britney Spears has been in talks to hire a high-profile celebrity attorney to help end her conservatorship, The New York Times reports.

The singer's father, Jamie Spears, petitioned for legal authority over his daughter 13 years ago over concerns about her mental health and possible substance abuse.

On June 23, Spears asked the court to end the conservatorship, giving an emotional testimony to a Los Angeles court about how the conservatorship has resulted in trauma and a loss of freedom.

She said that under the conservatorship, she was forced to work and keep an intrauterine device despite wanting to have more children. The court has since denied Spears' request to remove her father as a co-conservator.

A person with knowledge of the matter told The Times that Spears has had discussions in recent days to hire the attorney Mathew S. Rosengart as she continues to fight to end her conservatorship.

The Times wrote that Rosengart "would be expected to aggressively pursue a path" to ending Spears' conservatorship.

Rosengart did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

After her court testimony last month, Spears' court-appointed attorney, Samuel Ingham III, asked to resign, but said he would stay on until a new attorney could be found.

The Times reported that it's unclear how a new lawyer would be selected or whether Spears would even have a say in the matter. The New Yorker reported earlier this month that Ingham was appointed without Spears' say, and charged fees that outstripped her own cost of living.

In a recent court filing, Spears' other co-conservator, Jodi Montgomery, asked for permission to assign a guardian at litem to help Spears choose her own lawyer.

Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor, has represented celebrities including Sean Penn and Steven Spielberg.