Wendy Williams Adds Attorney Joe Tacopina to Her Legal Team

Wendy Williams has a new legal mind on her side … ’cause famed attorney Joe Tacopina says he’s serving as her personal attorney.

Tacopina — who has represented big stars like President Donald Trump, former Yankee Alex Rodriguez, and most recently A$AP Rocky — appeared on “TMZ Live” Thursday to talk about it.

Check out the vid … he confirms he is representing Wendy — though, as of right now, it’s strictly as her personal attorney. Tacopina says he will be at her guardianship case, but guardianship attorneys have to be approved by a judge, so he’s still going through that process.

Tacopina says he’s making motions as her “counsel of choice,” and tells us about a range of potential approaches he has in mind.

Watch the full clip — he points out a key phrase Wendy’s known for was essentially used against her in her frontotemporal dementia diagnosis … something our own documentary “TMZ Presents: Saving Wendy” goes into detail about.

Tacopina’s comments come just a couple days after fans started lining up outside Wendy’s assisted living facility to demonstrate for her freedom — chanting and picketing in the streets.

We were the first to report Joe was interested in becoming Wendy’s attorney … something he told us on the “2 Angry Men” podcast. He made the announcement about representing her on the NewsNation show “Banfield”Wednesday night

Joe told us he watched our documentary … and, he was nearly moved to tears by it all — coming away from it believing Williams shouldn’t be locked up in an assisted living facility.

As you know … last month, Wendy was taken from the facility for a competency test at a local hospital, which she passed with flying colors.

Wendy has claimed she’s in a prison-like environment in her assisted living facility, and she’s signed a legal document to get out of the guardianship — and, it looks like she’s got a new lawyer willing to fight for her.