Adam is a trial lawyer, who focuses his practice on patent litigation. Adam’s clients look to him as lead counsel in district court litigation, post-grant proceedings at the Patent Office, and at the Federal Circuit. With every client, Adam starts by listening and learning about their business, so that he and his team can craft a bespoke legal strategy best suited to accomplish his client’s goals.

Adam represents numerous Fortune 500 companies including Genentech, Shopify, Squarespace, and GoPro, as well as emerging and venture-funded companies across industry sectors. He was part of the team that led enforcement of Genentech’s Cabilly family of patents, which generated billions of dollars in licensing revenue, and also represented Genentech in some of the earliest litigations relating to biosimilar legislation. For his client Itron Networked Solutions, Inc., Adam led the team that succeeded in invalidating both asserted patents in IPR proceedings and then successfully defended the Board’s final written decisions at the Federal Circuit.

As a result of Adam’s work, he has been recognized by numerous industry publications as a top life sciences litigator. Most recently, Adam was named a Litigation Star for 2023 by Benchmark Litigation.

In addition to his patent litigation practice, Adam maintains an active pro bono practice, with a particular focus on foster care dependency proceedings. He also serves on the Board of FamilyBuilders, a nonprofit foster family and adoption agency in the Bay Area.

Adam holds a B.S. from Northwestern University in chemical engineering and worked as an engineer at Proctor & Gamble before attending law school. Adam earned his J.D. cum laude from Northwestern Law School, where he served on the Northwestern University Law Review.