Adam represents businesses in complex environmental litigation, administrative, and transactional settings. He has conducted both trial and appellate litigation in federal and state tribunals across the country, including the Oregon Office of Administrative Hearings, Eastern District of New York, Virginia State Corporation Commission and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, regarding all manner of environmental laws. He regularly works with regulators on compliance issues, and has in-depth experience with corporate acquisitions. Adam earned his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Stone Scholar, and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law.
Representative Experience
- Defending wind concern from permit challenge before the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
- Representing ranching interest in the Klamath Basin Adjudication before the Oregon Office of Administrative Hearings and Oregon Water Resources Department.
- Representing fertilizer manufacturer in federal court challenge to mine expansion and other issues.
- Assisting in regulatory compliance and litigation at several Superfund sites.
- Representing local business owners in investigation and remediation of contaminated properties.
- Conducted Oregon-related diligence in proposed mining transaction on public and private lands.
- Represented real estate developers in challenges to state and federal environmental impact reviews.