Michael Rudell, Prominent Entertainment Lawyer, Dies at 77
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Michael I. Rudell, a prominent entertainment industry attorney who represented high-profile clients such as novelists Dan Brown and John Grisham, and radio station WGBH, died on Monday in New York City. He was 77.
Rudell, whose career spanned more than five decades, was involved in all aspects of entertainment law, from film to television to executive employment deals to production work to representation of numerous well-known authors in their book publishing, film and television deals.
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In addition to practicing law, Rudell wrote a monthly entertainment law column in the New York Law Journal for more than 40 years, lectured extensively and was the chairman of the American Bar Association’s entertainment committee, eventually receiving its Edward Rubin Service Award. He also gave a portion of his time to the Chautauqua Institution, a nonprofit educa