In 2022, Adam entered the private sector assisting firms and individuals with trust drafting and administration, and criminal defense matters. In 2016, Adam joined the Kansas Attorney General’s prestigious Criminal Litigation Division as an Assistant Attorney General. During his six-and-a-half years of service, he litigated high-profile and life-sentence cases across the state, ranging from capital murders, to corrupt public officials and financial crimes, to serial sex predators and human traffickers. Before joining the Attorney General’s Office, Adam served nearly five years as an Assistant County Attorney in Leavenworth, Kansas, where he prosecuted DUIs and general felony crimes. Adam’s career in criminal law began during law school with legal internships at the Leavenworth and Shawnee County District Attorney’s Offices.
Awards
- Top 100 National Trial Lawyer (NTL)
- Top 10 Under 40 Nationally Ranked Attorney (NACDA)
- Top 10 Criminal Defense Attorney (MyLegalWin)
Presentations
- Adam’s experience in using courtroom technology and implementing creative litigation strategies has drawn attention for many years. He has trained other attorneys and given presentations to the Kansas County and District Attorneys Association (KCDAA) in 2013 and 2016, the Attorney General’s Office in 2016, the Leavenworth County Attorney’s Office in 2016, the Topeka Bar Association in 2017, and the Kansas Department of Administration in 2017.
- In 2019, the National Attorneys General Training & Research Institute (NAGTRI) invited Adam to present on issues of human trafficking at a regional conference in Topeka, Kansas.
- From 2016 to 2022, Adam has trained law enforcement officers across the State of Kansas on a broad range of issues on behalf of the Attorney General's Office. He participated in moot court exercises for the graduating classes at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) in 2017 and 2018, and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s (KBI) moot court exercises in 2019.
- In 2023, Adam presented to the Convention of States on First Amendment and Religious Freedom issues.
Specialized Training
- In 2022, Adam attended the National District Attorney’s Association’s (NDAA) Advanced Cross-Examination Workshop in Nashville, Tennessee, which focused on advanced examination tactics and strategies. In 2018, he completed the National Computer Forensics Institute’s (NCFI) Advanced Digital Evidence for Prosecutors course in Hoover, Alabama, hosted by the United States Secret Service.
- In 2018, Adam attended the Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation (AGACL) conference in Washington, D.C., as membership in AGACL is exclusive to government attorneys who handle Capital Murder cases. Later that same year, Adam completed the Child First forensic interviewing course which instructs how to interview children who may have been abused.
- In 2014, he completed the NDAA’s courses on Prosecuting Drug Crimes in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Prosecuting Homicide Cases in Chicago, Illinois. In 2013, Adam attended the Heart of America Regional Computer Forensics Lab’s (HARCFL) conference on Digital Forensics for Prosecutors in Kansas City, Missouri.
Legislative Work & Committees
- Adam’s work has not been limited to the courtroom. In 2014, Adam drafted language and testified before the Kansas Legislature in support of House Bill 2442 which created special sentencing rules for high-speed pursuits. Later that same year, Adam testified in support of a section of House Bill 2490 which clarified a defendant’s statutory right to be present at certain stages of trial. HB 2442 and HB 2940 were both signed into law by Governor Sam Brownback.
- In 2015, Adam joined the KCDAA’s Best Practices Committee which crafts model policies for law enforcement and prosecutors, and he co-authored a model policy on child sex crime prosecution. He also served on the Attorney General’s in-house Continuing Legal Education Committee for several years.
- For over six years he served as a member of the Prosecutor Review Committee, a select group of attorneys from around the state who are highly experienced in prosecuting sex crimes. Each month, these attorneys submit feedback about whether individual cases should be considered for Sexually Violent Predator involuntary commitment proceedings.
