Adam Sanders is a shareholder with the law firm Baker Donelson. He has defended investor-owned water and wastewater utilities around the country from eminent domain takeover attempts by local governments, from California to Massachusetts and many states in between. This work involves fighting a municipality's right to take an investor-owned system in the first place, as well as valuing that system should the case proceed to trial on the question of just compensation. He and his colleagues also represent investor-owned utilities in class-action consumer cases, labor and employment matters, mergers and acquisitions, legislation drafting and advising, and rate cases and other regulatory filings. Outside of the utility space, Adam represents companies from many different industries in complex commercial lawsuits, including cases regarding zoning and land use, patent and trademark infringement, and contracts and partnership disputes. He also represents developers, realtors, and similar professionals in advancing their projects and overcoming obstacles, whether involving litigation or not. Adam is outside counsel for an industrial development board in Tennessee.
Adam grew up in Augusta, Georgia, attended college and graduate school in Chicago and Boston, and earned his J.D. from Duke University School of Law. He lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with his wife and four daughters, where he enjoys serving as an elder at his church, long days at the softball fields, and coaxing his family into watching old films with him.