Harold Messing; Entertainment Attorney

Harold Messing, 57, entertainment attorney and theatrical producer who represented such clients as Gerald Arpino, Gian-Carlo Menotti, Soupy Sales and Ruby Dee. Educated at New York University and its law school and at Stanford University, Messing lectured for the American Film Institute and wrote a column called “Messing With the Law” for the Directors Guild publication, Action Magazine. He was the producer of the off-Broadway musical “Herringbone.” Messing had represented dancer and director Arpino in his long legal battle three years ago with the Joffrey Ballet. On March 19 in Los Angeles of leukemia.