Adam maintains a growing labor and employment practice that includes representing public and private sector employers in all areas of employment and labor relations, as well as related employment litigation before federal and state administrative agencies and in trial courts in over 20 states.
Adam has experience and has handled numerous cases and charges involving employee misclassification, wages and overtime, meal and rest breaks, wrongful discharge, retaliation, and discrimination, including ADA, age, race, pregnancy, gender, sexual harassment, and intentional torts. He also has extensive experience defending numerous cases under the FLSA and state wage and hour laws, including collective and class actions regarding employee misclassification, unpaid overtime and minimum wages, meal and rest breaks, and other wage issues. Adam has experience protecting employers from unfair competition, including litigating the enforceability of restrictive covenants and confidentiality agreements and obtaining and opposing TROs and preliminary injunctions.
Representative Experience
- Represented private equity sponsor in its simultaneous acquisitions of an oncology practice service provider and a group purchasing organization.
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Represented the buyer in its acquisition of the majority interest in a plumbing and HVAC repair and contracting company located in Tennessee.
- Represented a public, world-leading polymers group in its acquisition of a provider of high-quality thermoplastic elastomers for all size orders across the United States.
- Represented a global leader in the formulation, development and manufacture of performance polymer solutions in its acquisition of a developer of premium thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) materials for manufacturers across a diverse range of industries throughout North America, Asia and Europe.
- Represented a private equity-back manufacturer of machine tools in its acquisition of a manufacturer of plastic injection molding & precision machined components for telecom equipment.
- Represented Qualus Power Services, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, in its acquisition via merger of GridBright, a leading power industry technology solutions firm.
- Represented Qualus Power Services, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, in its acquisition of Ferreira Power Group, a specialized power engineering firm providing distribution palling and design, grid hardening, and program management for utility providers.
- Represented sellers in the sale of their industrial and commercial plumbing and HVAC service businesses.
- Secured summary judgment in Ohio state court in a case brought by a former employee for race and age discrimination, wrongful termination, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Substantively, we were able to secure admissions from the employee that she committed an egregious rule violation and that she could not identify anyone who was treated differently.
- Represented The Services Companies, Inc. in a class action of over 200 employees in Florida regarding failure to pay overtime wages to piece rate workers over a 16-month period, including liquidated damages and attorneys’ fees. We prevailed on denying preliminary certification due to plaintiffs’ failure to show class-wide interest as well as highlighting the need for individualized inquiries into each putative class member in order to prove either liability or damages. After the court denied preliminary certification, we engaged plaintiffs in settlement negotiations.