Business Litigation

Commercial Litigation/UCC

Securities Litigation

Class Action Litigation

Litigation Department, Chair

Strategic Planning Committee, Member

Political Action Committee, Member

• Ohio

• U.S. Supreme Court, 1989
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1990
• U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1992

• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

• Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 1989
• Editor-in-Chief, Law Review
• The Ohio State University, B.A., 1986
• Phi Beta Kappa

Adam serves as the chair of Frost Brown Todd's litigation department, and he is the former chair of the firm's business and commercial litigation practice group.  He has represented a variety of clients in the manufacturing, construction, financial, insurance, and professional services industries in both state and federal trial and appellate courts as well as in numerous alternative dispute resolution procedures.  Adam's practice has focused primarily on business and commercial litigation involving legal areas such as contract law, Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code, unfair competition, business torts, fraud, state and federal securities laws, insurance coverage, fiduciary duty, corporate governance, and the federal ERISA and RICO statutes.  He has extensive experience defending class action litigation, and he also has defended companies that have experienced serious industrial accidents in the workplace against both negligence and employment intentional tort claims.  Adam is the Frost Brown Todd client service team leader for a Fortune 500 manufacturing company, and he has experience in coordinating legal services in the firm's many practice areas to ensure client satisfaction.  On four separate occasions, he has been recognized among a small number of lawyers in the United States as a "client service all-star" by BTI Consulting in its annual survey of Fortune 1000 companies.

Experience

Defense of companies and their officers and directors in shareholder derivative actions

Defense of employer in dispute between employer and class of employees concerning entitlement to proceeds from demutualization of health insurer resulting in dismissal with prejudice of all claims against employer

Prosecution of insurance coverage actions under property and general commercial liability policy

Defense of employers in employment intentional tort actions involving serious industrial accidents

• Selected for inclusion in Ohio Super Lawyers® 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012
• BTI Client Service All-Star Team, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
• The Best Lawyers in America®, 2005-2012
• AV® Rated, Martindale-Hubbell®

• Ohio State Bar Association
• Cincinnati Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute, Member

Upcoming

Past

• Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Committee Member and former Chairperson
• Metropolitan Area Religious Coalition of Cincinnati, President
• Hamilton County Criminal Justice Commission, Member