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Zach Adams

Zach Adams

Partner

1100 Superior Avenue
Suite 2000
Cleveland, OH 44114
T 216.304.6181
zach.adams@nelsonmullins.com
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Zach is a trial lawyer who counsels Fortune 500 companies and multinational corporations in cases involving commercial disputes, business torts, and products liability. He has experience litigating complex matters in state, federal, and MDL venues throughout the country, including at trial, mediation, arbitration, and before administrative bodies.

Zach is a trial lawyer who counsels Fortune 500 companies and multinational corporations in cases involving commercial disputes, business torts, and products liability. He has experience litigating complex matters in state, federal, and MDL venues throughout the country, including at trial, mediation, arbitration, and before administrative bodies.

Zach Adams

Experience

The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Representative Matters 

  • Member of a seven-person trial for a Fortune 100 client that obtained a defense verdict on all claims related to a medical device.
  • Integral member of a four-person trial team that assumed control of a nationwide consumer class action less than four months before trial, post-discovery, and successfully guided the matter through trial to a favorable settlement.
  • Lead counsel for a Fortune 500 client in securing a pivotal ruling enforcing a foreign forum selection clause.
  • Deposed critical witness in products liability case for Fortune 100 client with multi-million-dollar exposure and obtained key admissions, prompting the opposition to dismiss more than 80% of their claimed damages the following week.

Educational Activities

  • University of Notre Dame Law School
    • Economic Justice Clinic

 

The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Representative Matters 

  • Member of a seven-person trial for a Fortune 100 client that obtained a defense verdict on all claims related to a medical device.
  • Integral member of a four-person trial team that assumed control of a nationwide consumer class action less than four months before trial, post-discovery, and successfully guided the matter through trial to a favorable settlement.
  • Lead counsel for a Fortune 500 client in securing a pivotal ruling enforcing a foreign forum selection clause.
  • Deposed critical witness in products liability case for Fortune 100 client with multi-million-dollar exposure and obtained key admissions, prompting the opposition to dismiss more than 80% of their claimed damages the following week.

Educational Activities

  • University of Notre Dame Law School
    • Economic Justice Clinic

 

Media

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Recognitions

The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.

 

Professional Activities

  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
  • International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)

Community

  • Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
  • Notre Dame Law Association

Zach is a trial lawyer who counsels Fortune 500 companies and multinational corporations in cases involving commercial disputes, business torts, and products liability. He has experience litigating complex matters in state, federal, and MDL venues throughout the country, including at trial, mediation, arbitration, and before administrative bodies.

Experience

The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Representative Matters 

  • Member of a seven-person trial for a Fortune 100 client that obtained a defense verdict on all claims related to a medical device.
  • Integral member of a four-person trial team that assumed control of a nationwide consumer class action less than four months before trial, post-discovery, and successfully guided the matter through trial to a favorable settlement.
  • Lead counsel for a Fortune 500 client in securing a pivotal ruling enforcing a foreign forum selection clause.
  • Deposed critical witness in products liability case for Fortune 100 client with multi-million-dollar exposure and obtained key admissions, prompting the opposition to dismiss more than 80% of their claimed damages the following week.

Educational Activities

  • University of Notre Dame Law School
    • Economic Justice Clinic

 

Education

  • University of Notre Dame Law School, JD (2015)
  • Miami University (OH), BA/BS (2012)

Admissions

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

Practice Areas

Industries

The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.

 

  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
  • International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
  • Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
  • Notre Dame Law Association