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. With no irony, Adler was also involved in transactions such as the financing and distribution of the Soderbergh directed Magic Mike.
To that end, Adler spent a great deal of time before his 2019 retirement transitioning his clients to younger partners at the firm to ensure a frictionless shift.
Funeral services for Adler will be held at 12:30 pm on November 11th at Mount Sinai Simi Valley. For more information about the Shiva, kindly contact the Lichter Grossman Nichols Adler Feldman & Clark office directly.
In lieu of flowers, the family have asked that friends and other make a gift in Adler’s memory to one of his favorite charities: American Friends of IDC Herzliya, Builders of Jewish Education, or Camp JCA Shalom.
