David Adler
Business / Contracts, Business Formation, Copyrights, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Mergers & Acquisitions, Startups, Trademarks (Transactional)
Chicago, Illinois
Personal Introduction
David M. Adler is an attorney, author, educator, entrepreneur, and founder of a boutique intellectual property law firm, Adler Law Group. The firm is professionally-recognized as a leader counseling creative professionals, talent, financiers, and entrepreneurs across the interrelated areas of Intellectual Property, Arts, Entertainment & Media, Communications & Technology, and Corporate Law. David has been designated by his peers as an Illinois Leading Lawyer since 2016 and an Illinois SuperLawyer® since 2012 in the areas of Intellectual Property and Entertainment & Sports Law. David occasionally writes a technology-focused blog and newsletter (Ping®) and his articles also appear in Illinois State Bar journals and trade journals such as The ABA’s SciTech newsletter, and Landslide, the magazine of the ABA Intellectual Property Section. David is licensed in Illinois and New York, a member of the Illinois State Bar, New York State Bar, Federal General Bar and Federal Trial Bar, and is an appointed member and Secretary of the Illinois State Bar Association Privacy and Information Security Section.
Practice Composition
Transactional
Education
Practice Summary
Since 1999, I have managed a boutique Intellectual Property law practice focused on the overlapping areas of Technology Innovation, Media, Entertainment, and Communications. Specific practice areas include: Copyright, Trademark, Contracts, Corporations, LLCs, Advertising & Marketing, Ecommerce, and related transactional areas. I have been designated by his peers as an Illinois Leading Lawyer since 2016 and an Illinois SuperLawyer® since 2012 in the areas of Intellectual Property and Entertainment & Sports Law. His articles also appear in Illinois State Bar journals and trade journals such as The ABA’s SciTech newsletter, and Landslide, the magazine of the ABA Intellectual Property Section. I am licensed in Illinois and New York, a member of the Illinois State Bar, New York State Bar, Federal General Bar and Federal Trial Bar, has previously led the Illinois State Bar Association Privacy and Information Security Section. David has been admitted pro hac vice in federal court in California, Florida, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.
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