Paula Deen has brought some Hollywood power in the wake of her N-word scandal.Patricia Glaser, the litigator who handled Conan O'Brien's exit from NBC and recently represented Keith Olbermann in his litigation with Current TV., has been hired to lead her legal team.

From Paula's Home Cooking to Top Chef, She was a fixture on the Food Network for more than a decade. She has also written several books on Southern cooking, as well as a memoir, and has started her own magazine, Cooking with Paula Deen. In June 2013, She found herself the subject of intense media scrutiny.

It became public around this time that she had admitted to using the N-word during a legal deposition taken that May. She and her brother have been sued by a former employee for racial and sexual harassment. She also stated that it had been long time since she had used the offensive term in her testimony. She faced harsh criticism for her admission. In a video posted on YouTube, she admitted that she had made a mistake.

Glaser, a regular honouree on THR's annual Power Lawyers list of the top entertainment attorneys in America, will not be representing her in the lawsuit filed by Lisa Jackson. Rather, Glaser and her Los Angeles-based firm will serve as overall counsel to her, managing any future legal dustups that might arise and handling her relationships with sponsors, most of whom dropped her after a deposition was made public in which she admitted to using the N-word decades ago.

She continues to work with public relations firm The Rose Group, and People, which first mentioned Glaser's involvement, reported that she has hired crisis PR guru Judy Smith, who is the basis for the lead character on ABC's Scandal.

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