Adam S Paris

Practice Areas

Litigation; Antitrust; Criminal Antitrust; Criminal Defense & Investigations; Healthcare & Life Sciences; Intellectual

Property & Technology Litigation; International Arbitration and Global Dispute Resolution; Media &

Telecommunications; Securities Litigation; Sports & Entertainment; Technology

Career

Adam Paris is a member of S&C’s Litigation Group and has been a partner of the Firm since January 2006. Prior to

joining S&C, Mr. Paris was a Law Clerk to Judge Pamela Ann Rymer of the United States Court of Appeals for the

Ninth Circuit and, before that, to Chief Judge Marilyn Huff of the United States District Court for the Southern District

of California.

Adam has more than 20 years of experience advising clients on a variety of complex business litigation matters, with

particular concentration on antitrust/unfair competition matters, mergers & acquisitions litigation, complex commercial

litigation, and securities litigation. He regularly appears in federal and state courts throughout the country, has firstchaired

civil jury and bench trials and handled domestic and international arbitrations through hearings on the merits.

Adam’s antitrust practice has included the defense of private class action litigation, criminal investigations by the

Department of Justice, and merger clearances (including six multi-billion-dollar transactions) before the Federal Trade

Commission and Department of Justice.

Regarded as one of the country’s leading litigators, Adam is regularly recognized by such authorities as Chambers

USA, The Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal. Adam has been repeatedly named a BTI Client Service All-Star, an award

which honors lawyers who have “mastered the art of superior client service,” and was selected for the Los Angeles

Business Journal’s 2022 “Leaders of Influence: Thriving in Their 40s” list. In 2020, Adam was recognized by the

National Law Journal as a “Litigation Trailblazer” for delivering successful outcomes in some of S&C’s highest-stakes

antitrust and competition cases, including serving as lead trial lawyer in a crucial court battle for Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Adam has also served on Law360’s Competition Editorial Advisory Board (2022).

Adam has an abiding commitment to pro bono legal and community services. In addition to litigating a number of pro

bono matters throughout his career at S&C, Adam serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations committed

to providing legal, educational and cultural services to disadvantaged and underserved communities in Los Angeles.

Professional Memberships

Director, Friends of the Los Angeles Law Library; Director, Los Angeles Legal Aid Foundation; Director, Western

Center for Law & Poverty; Trustee, The Country School; Member, American Association for the Advancement of

Science (AAAS); Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)

Personal

Harvard Law School, J.D., 1997; Yale University, B.S., 1994; Clerkships for Hon. Pamela Ann Rymer, United States

Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (1998-1999) and Hon. Marilyn L. Huff, United States District Court, Southern District

of California (1997-1998)