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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 represents clients across a wide spectrum of sectors, including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, military and law-enforcement protective equipment, construction matters, and sophisticated business-to-business contract disputes.

Clients...

Zach is a trial lawyer who counsels Fortune 500 companies and multinational corporations in cases involving commercial disputes, business torts, and products liability.  He represents clients across a wide spectrum of sectors, including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, military and law-enforcement protective equipment, construction matters, and sophisticated business-to-business contract disputes.

Clients engage Zach to represent their interests on both plaintiff-side and defense-side matters, and in front of regulatory bodies such as the FDA, CPSC, EPA, and U.S. Department of Justice. He has taken and defended hundreds of fact and expert depositions, and has experience litigating complex matters in state, federal, and MDL venues throughout the country, including at trial, arbitration, mediation, and before administrative bodies.

 

Zach Adams

engage Zach to represent their interests on both plaintiff-side and defense-side matters, and in front of regulatory bodies such as the FDA, CPSC, EPA, and U.S. Department of Justice. He has taken and defended hundreds of fact and expert depositions, and has experience litigating complex matters in state, federal, and MDL venues throughout the country, including at trial, arbitration, mediation, 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 

  • Co-lead defense counsel in wage-and-hour class action for a multi-billion-dollar client. 
  • Co-lead national counsel for leading manufacturer of military and law-enforcement protective equipment.
  • 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 a product liability case with eight-figure exposure for Fortune 100 client and obtained key admissions, prompting the opposition to dismiss claims associated with more than 80% of their alleged 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 

  • Co-lead defense counsel in wage-and-hour class action for a multi-billion-dollar client. 
  • Co-lead national counsel for leading manufacturer of military and law-enforcement protective equipment.
  • 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 a product liability case with eight-figure exposure for Fortune 100 client and obtained key admissions, prompting the opposition to dismiss claims associated with more than 80% of their alleged damages the following week.

Educational Activities

  • University of Notre Dame Law School
    • Economic Justice Clinic

 

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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 represents clients across a wide spectrum of sectors, including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, military and law-enforcement protective equipment, construction matters, and sophisticated business-to-business contract disputes.

Clients... engage Zach to represent their interests on both plaintiff-side and defense-side matters, and in front of regulatory bodies such as the FDA, CPSC, EPA, and U.S. Department of Justice. He has taken and defended hundreds of fact and expert depositions, and has experience litigating complex matters in state, federal, and MDL venues throughout the country, including at trial, arbitration, mediation, 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 

  • Co-lead defense counsel in wage-and-hour class action for a multi-billion-dollar client. 
  • Co-lead national counsel for leading manufacturer of military and law-enforcement protective equipment.
  • 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 a product liability case with eight-figure exposure for Fortune 100 client and obtained key admissions, prompting the opposition to dismiss claims associated with more than 80% of their alleged 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