Famend leisure lawyer Michael Adler has died.

The retired Lichter Grossman Nichols Adler Feldman & Clark associate died November 9 surrounded by his household at his Los Angeles house after a brief sickness. He was 73.

Beforehand a associate at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, UCLA Regulation College grad Adler joined then-Lichter Grossman & Nichols in 1997, 5 years after the agency first put up its shingle. With a shopper record that included Steven Soderbergh, Viola Davis, Kristin Scott Thomas, Cary Joji Fukunaga and Connie Nielsen, amongst many others, Adler was thought to be a straight shooter who was fiercely loyal to his patrons. With no irony, Adler additionally was concerned in transactions such because the financing and distribution of the Soderbergh-directed Magic Mike.

To that finish, Adler spent quite a lot of time earlier than his 2019 retirement transitioning his purchasers to youthful companions on the agency to make sure a frictionless shift.

Adler is survived by his spouse, Dr. Brenda Fabe; his kids, Jeremy Adler and Rachel Adler; their respective spouses, Susan Smith and Jonah King; and 4 grandchildren.

Funeral providers for Adler will probably be held at 12:30 p.m. November 11 at Mount Sinai Simi Valley. For extra details about the Shiva, contact the Lichter Grossman Nichols Adler Feldman & Clark workplace immediately.

In lieu of flowers, the household asks that donations in Adler’s reminiscence be made to one in all his favourite charities: American Buddies of IDC Herzliya, Builders of Jewish Training or Camp JCA Shalom.