Adams has represented plaintiffs in major price-fixing litigation, including cases against Archer Daniels Midland and manufacturers of citric acid, vitamins and commerical explosives. Since 1989, he has served on the executive committee appointed by state and federal judges in Alaska to coordinate the litigation against Exxon Corporation on behalf of more than 40,000 plaintiffs who were injured in the Exxon Valdez spill.

Prior to joining Dickstein Shapiro, Adams served as legislative assistant to U.S. Representative Abner J. Mikva (later Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and counsel to President Clinton). He served as the Washington representative for the clinical social work profession for more than 20 years. Adams is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Chicago Law School.