Mr. Adams helps his clients with estate planning and corporate law matters, with extensive experience drafting wills and trusts, working with families and closely held entities and implementing sophisticated planning techniques. In the corporate area, Mr. Adams has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate, partnership and limited liability company formations, shareholder agreements and business contracts.
Chairman Emeritus of Baker Donelson, Mr. Adams served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Firm for a combined total of 21 years (June 1993 – April 1998; October 2003 – April 2019). Under his leadership, Baker Donelson grew from a firm of around 270 attorneys and advisors across ten offices in three states and Washington, D.C. to become one of the 60 largest law firms in the country, with more than 650 attorneys and advisors across 21 offices in ten states and Washington, D.C. Throughout the Firm's significant growth, it created and maintained a strong culture as an exceptional workplace, earning a spot on Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list for nine consecutive years. Mr. Adams garnered multiple honors recognizing his leadership, including being named among "America's Most Innovative Managing Partners" by Law360.
Mr. Adams' care for his clients extends to his involvement in the Memphis community. He devotes significant time to the betterment of the city, serving as current chair of the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission and past chair of Memphis Tomorrow, an association of CEOs of Memphis' largest enterprises who collaborate with government and civic leaders to foster economic prosperity throughout the community, as well as serving as director of the Greater Memphis Chamber, co-chair of the Chairman's Circle of the Greater Memphis Chamber, and chair of the Business Climate Task Force of the Chairman's Circle. He is also chair of the Memphis Chamber's JOBS PAC Board.