In Frasier, who is Niles Crane's divorce lawyer?

In *Frasier*, Niles Crane’s divorce lawyer is Donny Douglas.

Donny enters the story when Niles is divorcing Maris. Roz Doyle recommends Donny, her former boyfriend, as a fiercely effective attorney. He represents Niles during the proceedings and helps uncover the truth about Maris’s family fortune, which improves Niles’s negotiating position.

The character is played as a deliberately abrasive contrast to the polished Crane brothers. Donny is successful, aggressive, and casual in ways that frustrate Frasier and Niles. His later importance goes beyond the courtroom: he dates Daphne and becomes engaged to her, creating one of the show’s central romantic complications.

A common mix-up is Mel Karnofsky, who becomes Niles’s second wife. Mel is a plastic surgeon, not his divorce attorney. Donny is specifically associated with Niles’s divorce from Maris and with Daphne’s interrupted wedding.