Kip Adams

About Kip Adams

Kip Adams is a partner at Lewis Brisbois and one of the founding members of the firm’s Boston office. He handles an array of civil litigation matters for clients in Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire state and federal courts. Among Kip’s current and former representations are:A nationwide behavioral health consulting company challenging efforts by OSHA to mandate particular operational changes.A Fortune 50 chemical company in toxic tort and asbestos matters.A Korean parts manufacturing company against claims of design and manufacturing defect resulting in a fatality.A European based water works component manufacturer against claims of design defect resulting in flooding damages.Maine’s largest freight transportation company in various litigation matters.A nationwide restaurant franchisor against premises liability claims.In 2016, Kip argued on appeal before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court seeking to affirm summary judgment for his client and the formal adoption of the sophisticated user defense to tort liability in Maine. Beyond the above experience, Kip is a member of the firm’s OSHA Safety and Health nationwide practice group. Kip is OSHA 511 certified, having completed the training and requirements of OSHA’s program for competency in understanding the Standards for General Industry. In 2021, Kip represented a firm client in a multi-week trial before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, and has consulted on matters involving specific OSHA abatements, citation interpretation, expert witness development, and the “single employer doctrine” targeting larger parent/subsidiary companies in the U.S.Kip has additionally participated in more than 100 mediations and other dispute resolution activities that have resolved many matters effectively for his clients. Kip was previously named to the inaugural \"Under 40 Hot List\" by Benchmark Litigation. The list recognizes the \"achievements of the nation’s most accomplished legal partners of the age of forty or younger,\" and is compiled through a process of both peer review and case examination.

Experience

1. Partner

   Lewis Brisbois

   Jul 2013 — Present · Boston, MA, US

Education

• Middlebury College

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Political Science and Government

  1993 — 1997

• Suffolk University Law School

  Doctor of Law (J.D.), Law

  2002 — 2005

Skills

• Courts
• Mediation
• Negotiation
• Legal Research
• Civil Litigation
• Toxic Tort
• Trials
• Class Actions
• Document Review
• Depositions
• Commercial Litigation
• Product Liability
• Appeals
• Legal Writing
• Litigation