Biography
Adam is a pragmatic and solutions-oriented litigator. He represents and defends clients in state and federal courts in commercial disputes and employment litigation matters.
His experience includes business torts, contract claims, employment discrimination and harassment, wage-and-hour claims, restrictive covenants and trade secrets, and real estate disputes.
Adam also counsels clients on best practices and strategies to avoid litigation, and works closely with company leaders and HR departments to resolve day-to-day employment issues as they arise. He guides clients to take a proactive approach to workplace compliance, including training and crafting employee handbooks and policies.
A former in-house General Counsel, Adam approaches matters with a problem-solving mindset. He focuses on understanding the client’s business goals and works to deliver creative and forward-thinking legal advice that achieves their objectives.
Representative Matters
- Won summary judgment dismissal of defamation claims lodged against the nation’s largest provider of scholarships to women in an action brought by a former affiliate
- Secured a complete defense verdict in a dispute among registered broker-dealers in a binding arbitration before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
- Won summary judgment on behalf of a regional concrete supplier in a wage-and-hour claim brought by an employee
- Secured dismissal of all claims in breach of contract complaint against casino client
- Obtained complete defense verdict following trial in dispute over ownership of waterfront property in Stone Harbor, New Jersey
* Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.
Beyond Fox Rothschild
Adam is a member of the Executive Board of the Metropolitan Business and Community Association (MBCA), an organization that works to improve neighborhoods in the Greater Atlantic City area. He also serves as the Executive Board Treasurer of the Ventnor Pirates Youth Football Association, where he is the peewee football coach.
Adam previous served as a Trustee for the Atlantic County Bar Association and is a former Chair of its Young Lawyers Division. He served as a Board member for the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children of Atlantic, Cape May and Camden Counties, which trains volunteers to speak on behalf of abused and neglected children in the foster care system.
Before Fox Rothschild
Adam returned to Fox after serving as General Counsel for a regional provider of skilled nursing care that owns and operates 17 facilities on the East Coast. Previously he was an associate at Fox and was elevated to partner.
Prior to joining Fox, Adam was a co-op legal intern at Comcast and a judicial intern for U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
In law school, Adam was an associate editor of Drexel Law Review. He also participated in the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, teaching constitutional law to students at South Philadelphia High School to prepare them for a city-wide moot court competition.
Before practicing law, Adam was a manager of lead generation for RainKing Software in Bethesda, Maryland, where he conducted research and gathered leads for the sales department of the growing IT company. In college, Adam was a member of the varsity football team.
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico
Education
- Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2013)
- Dickinson College (B.A., 2009)
Memberships
- Atlantic County Bar Association
- past Chair, Young Lawyers Division
- Dickinson Admissions Volunteer Society
- Raven’s Claw Honorary Society, Dickinson College
Boards
- Atlantic City Metropolitan Business and Citizens Association, Executive Board Member
- Ventnor Pirates Youth Football Association, Treasurer, Executive Board
Honors & Awards
- Selected to the "Top 20 Under 40" list by the Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce (2025)
- Recipient of the Honorable Benjamin A. Rimm Award by the Atlantic County Bar Association (2024)
This award is conferred by the Atlantic County Bar Association. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. - Selected to the "Top 40 Under 40" list by Atlantic City Weekly (2020)
