Adam focuses on leading eDiscovery strategy around preservation, collection and review in high-stakes MDL, class action, mass-tort and product liability litigations. Adam’s practice of serving global corporations in large-scale litigation is balanced by his work advising clients on information governance, data privacy, and discovery practices to avoid litigation on technology altogether.
Adam has extensive experience with Microsoft 365 (M365), and the ever-growing universe of tools that pose challenges and risks to organizations on a daily basis. He has successfully executed M365 deployments—employing “outside the box” solutions to planning, change management, end-user training, data governance and in-place discovery in the cloud environment. Adam has also served global corporations via secondment, with deep experience with the defensible deployment of records retention schedules, document management solutions, policies and procedures and more.
Adam is the co-author and Editorial Board Chair of The Electronic Discovery Institute’s Guide to Spoliation Law (6th ed.). Adam has contributed to articles on eDiscovery and taken part in numerous presentations on eDiscovery and information governance for organizations such as the Association of Corporation Counsel (ACC) and International Legal Technology Association (ILTA).
Adam is also recognized as an “Associate to Watch” by Chambers USA and as a “Rising Star” by The Legal 500. In addition to his time dedicated to his clients, Adam serves as Social Co-Chair for the Association of Business Trial Lawyers (Los Angeles), Young Lawyers Division, and is a proud member of the Iranian American Bar Association (IABA).
Publications
Spoliation Edition 4.0, Co-Author and Editorial Board Chair, The Electronic Discovery Institute (2020).
Spoliation Edition 3.0, Co-Author and Editorial Board Chair, The Electronic Discovery Institute (2019).
A Litigator's Pragmatic Approach to Avoiding Discovery Disasters, Litigation, Vol. 45, No. 2, Winter 2019 (with Patrick Oot).
Third-Party Subpoenas: Reversing a Cost Center in the Law Department, ACC Docket, January/February 2017 (with Elizabeth Atlee, Patrick Oot, Farrah Pepper and Mike Zito).
Spoliation Edition 2.0, Co-Author and Editorial Board Chair, The Electronic Discovery Institute (2016).
Spoliation, Co-Author and Editorial Board Chair, The Electronic Discovery Institute (2015).
Presentations
Laying the Groundwork for Success: Key Strategies to Defend Complex Litigation, Update of the Law CLE Webinar, June 6, 2024.
Data Governance Unlocked: Finding Robust Solutions for Effective Data Management, ALM General Counsel Conference Midwest, April 16, 2024.
Information Governance Case Law Update: Oh, the Courtrooms You’ll Go and the Cases You’ll See!, Association of Corporate Counsel, Information Governance Network, October 19, 2023 (with Rachel Lewis).
The Wild West of Generative AI: What It Is, How It Works, and Getting Ahead of Information Governance, Association of Corporate Counsel, Information Governance Network, Webinar, June 22, 2023.
Thinking Smart, How Smart Home Technology and Other Internet-Connected Tools Create Legal Issues, Association of Corporate Counsel, Information Governance Network, Webinar, February 23, 2023 (with Sarah McIntosh).
Ephemeral Messaging Apps and Information Governance, Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, October 24, 2022 (with Christopher Dallavo, Christina Morovati and Stephanie Valentine).
Modern Day Attachments: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Association of Corporate Counsel, Information Governance Network, Webinar, April 21, 2022 (with Shannon Schoultz).
Information Governance Caselaw Update, Association of Corporate Counsel, Information Governance Network, Webinar, March 17, 2022 (with Jeremiah Wikler).
Creating More Inclusive Environments With the Help of New Tools and Applications, Association of Corporate Counsel, Information Governance Network, Webinar, November 18, 2021 (with Shannon Schoultz).
The Ever-Changing Landscape of Messaging Apps: Balancing Acceptable Use with Information Governance Best Practices, Virtual Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting, October 21, 2021 (with Kimberly Quan and Stacey Shaw).
So You Brought Your Own Device, Now What? Remaining Flexible While Balancing Security and Legal Compliance Concerns With BYOD Policies, Association of Corporate Counsel, Information Governance Network, Webinar, May 20, 2021 (with Shannon Schoultz).
Transient Records: Right-Setting Retention Policies in Microsoft Teams at the End of Life With Skype for Business, Association of Corporate Counsel, Information Governance Network, Webinar, March 18, 2021.
Using What You Have: Leveraging Information Governance Tools to Manage Internal Investigations and Litigation, Virtual Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting, October 16, 2020 (with Laura Kibbe and Florence Yee).
Reevaluating Corporate Compliance Programs in the World of Cloud-Based Platforms, BYOD, and Ephemeral Data, Association of Corporate Counsel, Information Governance Network, Webinar, July 16, 2020 (with Shannon Schoultz).
Where to Store Your Cloud Data, International Legal Technology Association, May 6, 2020 (with Andrea Shirey).
Data Protection Beyond the Corporation’s Walls, Association of Corporate Counsel, Information Governance Network, Webinar, March 19, 2020 (with Shannon Schoultz).
The Rise of BIPA Lawsuits: What's Next? Association of Corporate Counsel, Information Governance Network, Webinar, November 21, 2019 (with Melissa Siebert and Erin Hines).
What Would You Do? An ESI Ethics Program, Association of Corporate Counsel, Information Governance Network, Webinar, July 18, 2019 (with Shannon Schoultz and Kaine Hampton).
Summary and Update On All the New Privacy Laws, International Legal Technology Association, May 9, 2019 (with Joseph Lazzarotti).
Office 365 Boot Camp: Information Governance, Security and Compliance, Association of Corporate Counsel, Information Governance Network, Webinar, April 18, 2019.
Cross-Border Investigations: Protecting the Privilege and Meeting Privacy Expectations, Legaltech, New York City, January 29, 2019.
Media Coverage
Collaboration is Crucial to Cross-Border Investigations in a GDPR World, Legaltech News, January 30, 2019.