Adam is an associate attorney of the Firm practicing in the Litigation Department in the Akron Office.

His areas of litigation experience include consulting and defending employers in all areas of employment law, including workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, FMLA, ADA, Title VII, ADEA, WARN, OSHA, and FLSA. As a commercial litigator, Adam has represented large and small businesses in a variety of litigation matters, including consumer-related lawsuits, breach of contract actions, fraud actions, real estate disputes and collection actions. He has appeared as lead and co-counsel before federal and state courts and administrative agencies such as the DOL, EEOC, SSA, UCRC and BWC.

Professional Honors & Awards

• Board Member, Secretary and Volunteer Leader: Hands On Northeast Ohio (2007-present)
• Member: Playhouse Square Partners (2010-present)
• Member: Defense Research Institute (2007-2009)
• Tutor: Harvey Rice Elementary School (2003-2006)

Courts & Bar Associations

• Ohio Bar Associations
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio (2004)
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (2005)
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio (2008)
• American Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Representative Cases

• Obtained summary judgement for national logistics company against the EEOC in a failure to hire age discrimination claim filed in federal court.
• Defended national bank in Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower claim filed with the Department of Labor and in state court.
• Defended telecommunications provider in class action litigation brought in federal court under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
• Obtained dismissal for local hospital in class action litigation brought in state court alleging violation of Ohio Medicaid regulations.

Presentations and Publications

• “FMLA – Service Member Amendments and Proposed Regulations,” 2008 Cleveland HR Star Conference, July 24, 2008
• “Wage and Hour Law Update,” Human Resource Audits in Ohio, Lorman Education Services, June 3, 2008
• “One if by Land, Two if by Sea.  Changes are Coming to Electronic Discovery,” Cleveland Bar Journal, v. 77, No. 10, p. 15, September 2006

• Business and Corporate Law
• Employment / Labor Law
• Litigation

• Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., cum laude
• Miami University, B.S., Finance

• Ohio