Renowned entertainment attorney Michael Adler has died. The retired Lichter Grossman Nichols Adler Feldman & Clark partner passed away surrounded by his family at his Los Angeles home on November 9 at the age of 73 after a short illness.
Adler is survived by his wife Dr. Brenda Fabe, his children Jeremy Adler and Rachel Adler, their respective spouses Susan Smith and Jonah King, and four grandchildren.
Previously a partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, UCLA law school grad Adler joined then Lichter Grossman & Nichols in 1997, five years after the firm first put up its shingle.
With a client list that included Steven Soderbergh, Viola Davis, Kristin Scott Thomas, Cary Joji Fukunaga, and Connie Nielsen, among many others, Adler was regarded as a straight shooter who was fiercely loyal to his patrons.
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