Michelle C. Adams

Associate
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Overview

Michelle "Michi" Adams is a business attorney in Holland & Knight's Miami office. Ms. Adams focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity and general corporate matters.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Adams was a judicial intern for the Honorable Edwin G. Torres of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

During law school, Ms. Adams was elected as executive editor of the University of Miami Law Review. Ms. Adams also served as a Dean's Fellow for Contracts, a member of the Startup Clinic and Investor Rights Clinic, and as a Student Ambassador for the school.

Credentials

Education
  • University of Miami School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude
  • Florida International University, B.A., English Literature, magna cum laude
Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • Florida
Memberships
  • The Florida Bar
  • Cuban American Bar Association (CABA)
Honors & Awards
  • Order of the Coif
  • University of Miami Law Review Daniel B. Gaubatz Memorial Award, University of Miami School of Law, 2022
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Law Technology and Practice, University of Miami School of Law, 2021
  • Dean's Certificate of Achievement Award, Evidence, University of Miami School of Law, 2020
  • Stearns Weaver/Shapiro Endowed Scholarship, University of Miami School of Law, 2020-2022
  • The Law School Scholarship, University of Miami School of Law, 2020-2022
  • Dean's Certificate of Achievement Award, Contracts, University of Miami School of Law, 2019
  • Dean's List, University of Miami School of Law, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
Spoken Languages
  • English
  • Spanish