LOS ANGELES — Bert Fields, the prominent Hollywood litigator who represented such stars as Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Jackson and Mel Brooks, died Sunday. He was 93.
The Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger attorney died at his Malibu home in the presence of his wife, Barbara Guggenheim, a spokesman confirmed in a statement Monday. The lawyer had been suffering with long COVID, the spokesman added.
Fields fought landmark entertainment industry cases, including George Lucas’ contract negotiations over the rights to the Walt Disney theme parks, and Paramount Pictures in its legal battle over the movie “Coming to America.” He successfully won a multimillion-dollar judgment for Beatles star George Harrison against his former business manager.
