David M. Adler is a lawyer with over 20 years experience guiding entrepreneurs, executives, professionals and organizations through the dynamic and sometimes murky legal challenges presented by the interrelated areas of Trademark, Copyright, Trade Secrets, Privacy, Information Security, Marketing & Advertising, Social Media, Digital Business and Regulatory Compliance. David has been designated by his peers as an Illinois Leading Lawyer in 2016 and an Illinois SuperLawyer® for a sixth consecutive year, both in the areas of Intellectual Property and Entertainment & Media Law.
David has significant in-house counsel experience managing the legal affairs of industry-leading software providers in the public relations, marketing, and financial serivces industries, negotiating and drafting enterprise-level Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) agreements and contracts with a heavy emphasis on proprietary rights.
He is a prolific writer maintaining a technology-focused blog on CIO.com: The Legal Side of Tech, and newsletter (Ping®) devoted to helping entrepreneurs and professionals identify, protect and monetize their creative content and ideas, and take advantage of the opportunities presented by today’s digital business platforms.
David is licensed in Illinois, a member of the Illinois State Bar, Federal General Bar and Federal Trial Bar, and is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Committee.
Outside the practice of law, David taught Music Law as an Adjunct Professor at DePaul College of Law, and previously taught both Entertainment Law and Introduction to E-Business at Columbia College Chicago. David formerly chaired the Chicago Bar Association's Media & Entertainment Law Committee.