Adam Fox leads the Litigation Practice Group for Squire Sanders’ Los Angeles office and coordinates its pro bono activities. He is a trial and appellate lawyer with nationwide experience litigating a broad range of complex commercial disputes, environmental, toxic tort and product defect claims, and intellectual property matters.

Prior to joining Squire Sanders, Adam served as a judicial clerk for the late Honorable Robert B. Krupansky of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Adam is the author of several law review articles and other publications, and has lectured on such matters as the risks of and strategies for litigation addressing “green” technologies, developments in intellectual property law and the art of persuasion. In 2011 Adam was a guest lecturer at the University of Colorado Law School on the subject of false advertising under federal law and a case study involving the sugar industry. Adam has previously lectured, presented papers or served on speaking panels at George Mason University School of Law, Rutgers University School of Law and the University of California at Los Angeles.

A graduate of the Riordan Volunteer Leadership Development Program, Adam serves as chair of the Los Angeles branch of the National Campaign to Stop Violence. He is also a member of the British-American Business Council. In 2010 Adam was recommended in The Legal 500 US in automotive and transport product liability defense. He has been identified as a “future star” by Benchmark: Litigation, and is recognized by Thomson Reuters as a Southern California Rising Star.

Representative Experience

• Securing as lead trial counsel a jury verdict for a commercial plaintiff and a counterclaim defendant involved in an international contract dispute regarding the importation of goods subjected to antidumping tariffs.
• Representing an industry trade association and several of its members as plaintiffs in a nationally publicized Lanham Act false advertising case that achieved a satisfactory settlement following the successful pre-trial challenge of one of the defendants’ experts addressing damages.
• Obtaining as lead trial counsel a defense jury verdict for a major seat belt manufacturer against multiple claims of wrongful death and serious injury.
• Acting as trial counsel and obtaining a defense jury verdict for a well-known petrochemical company against multiple claims of serious injury arising from alleged toxic exposure.
• Orchestrating a multimillion-dollar directed verdict for the US subsidiary of a major multinational corporation prosecuting a complex business dispute involving claims of breach of contract and fraud.
• Obtaining summary judgment for a computer motherboard designer against several patent infringement claims for technology essential to their business.
• Obtaining summary judgment for a supplier of airbag components in an action involving claims of serious brain injury and wrongful death.
• Securing an appellate court mandate vacating an order of a trial court that had denied a motion to dismiss a Japan-based company for lack of personal jurisdiction although its only contact with the forum was its US subsidiary.
• Obtaining an appellate court mandate vacating an order of a trial court that had denied a motion to dismiss a US manufacturer for being named after the statute of limitations although the plaintiffs tried to substitute it for a “Doe” defendant.
• Employing ADR procedures to successfully negotiate and resolve numerous disputes relating to trademark and technology licenses.
• Securing orders and Special Examiner appointment to compel production of documents and take testimony in the United States in aid of legal proceedings pending in the People’s Republic of China.
• Representing entertainment industry players including a major graphic novel publisher, an international animation company, a world champion boxer, a major recording artist, one of Hollywood’s top actors, and the licensing and merchandising company of one of the world’s most famous comedy teams.