Robert Adams

Practice Areas

Product Liability; Mass Tort; Appellate; International; Intellectual Property; Automotive Litigation; Midwest/Eighth and Tenth Circuit Team; Litigation; Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation; Senior Care Litigation

Career

Rob is co-chair of Shook, Hardy & Bacon's General Liability Litigation Practice Group. He practices in the areas of product liability, intellectual property litigation, insurance coverage litigation and commercial litigation. He has first-chaired more than 30 jury trials in federal and state courts. Rob has made numerous arguments in appellate courts throughout the country and is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. By appointment from the Missouri Supreme Court, Rob acts as the chair for the Missouri Approved Instruction Committee, which drafts instructions for use in civil cases. Rob is also a member of the Product Liability Advisory Council and is on the firm’s Executive Committee.

Professional Memberships

American College of Trial Lawyers, Jury Committee, Vice Chair; International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Fellow; American Board of Trial Advocates; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, Board of Directors; Missouri Approved Instruction Committee, Chair

Publications

Rule 70: Jury Instructions, MoBar CLE Civil Procedure Deskbook, 2013 Supplement, Co-Author.

For a full list of publications and presentations see https://www.shb.com/professionals/a/adams-robert