Adam Banks

About Adam Banks

Adam is a partner in the Firm\'s Global Commercial Litigation Group. His practice focuses on litigating complex civil matters in the federal and state trial and appellate courts. Adam regularly embeds in trial teams, and has secured favorable jury, bench, and arbitration victories for his clients. Adam also has an extensive track record as an appellate specialist, including briefing dozens of appeals in appellate courts and the U.S. Supreme Court, and presenting ten oral arguments in the federal courts of appeals and New York Appellate Divisions. His expertise spans practices, including antitrust, IP and patent, securities, and other complex business disputes.Adam is regularly recognized for his work by leading industry, business, and diversity publications and organizations. Most recently, in 2024, New York Law Journal selected him as a finalist in the \"Diversity Initiative\" category of its annual Professional Excellence Awards, and Crain\'s New York Business included Adam on its list of \"Notable Black Leaders.\" Adam also has been honored by Euromoney as a \"Rising Star\" for Appellate Litigation, by The Minority Corporate Counsel Association as a \"Rising Star,\" and by the Council of Urban Professionals as a Law Catalyst. Adam is also recognized as a nationally recommended lawyer for both Appellate: Courts of Appeal and Appellate: Supreme Courts by The Legal 500 US.Adam also maintains an active pro bono practice. Adam successfully vacated a capital defendant\'s death sentence after an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and represented another death row inmate in post-conviction appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in certiorari petitions to the U.S. Supreme Court and in the Supreme Court of Florida.Adam served as a member of Law360\'s Appellate Editorial Advisory Board in each of 2020 and 2021.Adam earned his JD from Yale Law School, and his BA from Stanford University. He clerked for Judge Marsha S. Berzon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Experience

1. Partner

   White & Case LLP

   Feb 2025 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• Yale Law School

  Doctor of Law - JD

  2005 — 2008

• Stanford University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics

  1999 — 2003