Kevin Adam is a litigation partner in White & Case’s Boston and New York offices and a member of the Firm’s Global Antitrust/Competition Group.
Kevin is a trial lawyer who litigates complex matters at the cutting edge of antitrust and intellectual property, including class actions and competitor lawsuits involving innovation, technology, and pharmaceuticals. He also counsels global clients on a broad range of challenging competition matters, such as pricing practices, licensing and co-development agreements, government investigations, and the impact of evolving legislative and regulatory developments.
Kevin is a thought leader on antitrust and innovation. He is an Adjunct Law Professor at Suffolk University Law School, where he teaches antitrust. He is also a member of the Firm’s Global Pharmaceuticals/Healthcare and Technology Industry Groups and a member of the ABA Antitrust Section’s Pricing Conduct Committee Advisory Board. In 2021, Kevin was selected to Law360’s Competition Editorial Advisory Board and, in 2023, was named a Law360 "Rising Star" in Competition.
In addition to his client work, Kevin has an extensive pro bono practice, with a focus on criminal appeals and wrongful convictions. He has represented criminal defendants in federal and state court, successfully overturning a number of convictions in New York’s appellate divisions and securing a jury verdict for a wrongfully convicted man in federal court in Massachusetts. He also works closely with the New England Innocence Project.
Kevin graduated from Suffolk University Law School summa cum laude and was the Editor-in-Chief of the Suffolk University Law Review. He has also completed courses in economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management and in global business and negotiation at Harvard Business School.
Prior to joining the firm, Kevin worked at the First District Court of Essex County in Salem, Massachusetts and served as a research assistant for the Honorable John M. Greaney, former Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
Distinctions
Nominee, 2022 Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, Intellectual Property
Nominee, 2021 Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, Intellectual Property
Nominee, 2021 Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, Unilateral Conduct
Nominee, 2020 Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic, General Antitrust
Winner, 2018 Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, Intellectual Property
Nominee, 2017 Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, Intellectual Property