AdamJ.Spicer
Areas of Emphasis
  • Drug and Medical Device
  • Product Liability
  • Personal Injury
  • General Litigation
Distinctions
  • Graduate, Leadership Mississippi, Class of 2010-11
  • Graduate, International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Trial Academy, Stanford Law School
  • Information System Technician Second Class, United States Navy, 1998-2002
  • Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals
  • Navy Letter of Commendation
  • Navy Sea Service Awards
  • Board of Directors, University of Southern Mississippi Foundation - Policy and Bylaws Committee
  • Board of Directors, Operation Shoestring
Education & Honors
  • University of Kentucky, J.D., 2008
  • Regional Champion, National Trial Competition Team
  • Lewis F. Powell Medal for Excellence in Advocacy, American College of Trial Lawyers
  • Top Competitor, Trial Advocacy Board
  • National Moot Court Team
  • Luke Woodward Award for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy
  • Best Advocate and Best Oral Argument, Moot Court Board
  • University of Southern Mississippi, B.A., Political Science, with honors, 2004
  • President, Pre-Law Society
Associations
  • American Bar Association
  • Defense Research Institute
    • Drug and Medical Device Committee
    • Diversity Committee
    • Lawyers' Professionalism and Ethics Committee
    • Young Lawyers Division
  • National Bar Association
  • Mississippi Bar Association
  • Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
  • Capital Area Bar Association
Bar Admissions
  • Mississippi, 2008
  • U.S. District Courts
    • Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 5th Circuit
  • Admitted pro hac vice in many states throughout the country
Legal Experience
  • Defending pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in mass tort and individual cases pending in various state and federal venues throughout the country.
  • Timothy R. Jones Jr. v. NES Equipment Services Corporation d/b/a NES Rentals - Second chair in 3-day trial; resulted in defense verdict.
  • Lead Counsel for County Board of Supervisors before USDA National Appeals Division.
  • Assisted the Trial Team in the following cases:
    • Beare/Gaffney v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. – Six-week trial in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County; resulted in complete defense verdicts
    • Rosenberg v. Merck – First Fosamax case to go to trial in New Jersey coordinated mass tort litigation; resulted in defense verdict
    • Louise Maley v. Merck & Co., Inc. - Trial in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; resulted in defense verdict.
    • Shirley Boles v. Merck & Co., Inc. - First bellwether MDL trial in the Fosamax litigation.
Papers, Presentations & Publications
  • Mississippi Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials, Mid-Winter Conference, 2010.
  • Co-Author, "Mississippi Jury Instructions for Product Liability Claims and Defenses," PLAC Handbook of Jury Instructions, (2009).
  • Contributor, "The Opening Statement: A Lasting Impression," The Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Roy Smith (based on A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger), Mississippi Bar Litigation Section, January 2009.
  • Co-Author, "After the Recall: What Do We Do Now?" DRI's In-House Defense Quarterly, Fall 2007.
  • "FDA Risk Management Post-Marketing," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 2 No. 1, 6-9 (February 2009).

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