Education

Emory University School of Law, J.D.
Emory University, B.A.

Bar Admissions

Georgia

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Alfred B. "Al" Adams III

Partner
Atlanta
t: 404-898-8117

Alfred B. Adams III is Executive Partner of the Atlanta office and practices in the area of litigation. As a trial lawyer for over 30 years, he has tried over 100 jury and non-jury trials involving commercial law disputes, product liability cases and a myriad of other types of civil suits, including construction, environmental, joint venture/partnership, toxic tort, class actions, administrative, probate, premises liability and real estate litigation. Mr. Adams has also successfully resolved litigation through alternative dispute resolution in many forums.

He has been on the faculty of Emory University's Trial Techniques Program; a speaker at the State Bar of Georgia Products Liability Institute and Fiduciary Law Institute and has served on the faculty of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, lecturing on various topics on environmental law and litigation.

Memberships

  • Product Liability Advisory Council, Sustaining Member
  • American Board of Trial Advocates, Fellow
  • American Bar Foundation, Fellow
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
  • Lawyers Club of Atlanta, Inc.
  • State Bar of Georgia, Former Member, Judicial Compensation Committee
  • State Bar of Georgia, Member, Product Liability and Fiduciary Law Sections
  • American Bar Association Litigation Section
  • Atlanta Bar Association, Litigation Section
  • Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Former Member, Public Safety Task Force
  • Decatur, Georgia City School Board, Former Member
  • Sheltering Arms, Former Board President
  • National Asbestos Council, Founder
  • Georgia Justice Project, Inc., Former Board Member

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Tax Court
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Published Articles & Books