Daniel D. Adams
Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Recognized since 2025
Greensboro, North Carolina
Commercial Litigation
Daniel Adams represents individuals, small businesses, and large corporations facing white-collar criminal prosecution, government investigations, and complex business litigation. Having litigated for years in New York, he brings significant trial experience to bear when confronting clients' most pressing legal challenges.
Daniel represents individual and corporate clients facing white-collar criminal prosecution in state and federal court, as well as regulatory investigations pursued by the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, IRS, Environmental Protection Agency, North Carolina Attorney General's Office, and other enforcement bodies. Formerly a New York public defender and attorney at a prominent global law firm, he has experience defending clients against claims of securities fraud, bank fraud, accounting fraud, real estate fraud, government contract fraud, health care fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, criminal tax evasion, environmental crimes, bribery, political corruption, and other forms of financial mismanagement.
Daniel helps businesses and public institutions plan and conduct internal investigations to assess the risks of, and respond to, concerns raised by federal regulators, internal whistleblowers, and public company shareholders. He has experience investigating alleged securities violations, money laundering claims, corporate governance issues, trade secret misappropriation claims, labor and employment issues, health care fraud, and alleged environmental (including Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act) violations, among other matters.
An attorney with years of experience practicing in Manhattan, Daniel helps companies of all sizes address their most complex legal issues, including matters regarding real estate, contracts, unfair and deceptive trade practices claims, False Claims Act violations, business torts, and securities.
In addition to his white collar criminal defense practice, Daniel has long represented clients accused of all manner of state and federal crimes, first as a public defender in New York and now as a member of the Criminal Justice Act panel for the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. An experienced trial attorney, he represents clients accused of gun possession, drug trafficking, RICO gang conspiracy, larceny, embezzlement, and more.
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- Renaissance Plaza, Suite 2000
230 North Elm Street
P.O. Box 26000
Greensboro, NC 27420
- Harvard University, J.D., graduated 2009
- University of Maryland, B.A., graduated 2003
- New York, New York State Bar Association
- North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - Member
- Greensboro Bar Association - Member
- North Carolina Bar Association Criminal Justice Section Council - Past Member
- North Carolina Bar Association - Member
- U.S. District Courts for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of North Carolina
- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
- U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2nd and 4th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
61 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
11 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Commercial Litigation
Efforts on the Signal International litigation recognized by American Lawyer as the Global Pro Bono Dispute of the Year (2015)
Selected for 2017 North Carolina Bar Association Leadership Academy
Selected for 2018 North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society
Appointed to the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (2020-present)
Selected for 2021 North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society
Recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations (2024)
Recognized by his peers for inclusion in Business North Carolina’s "Legal Elite" in Criminal Law (2022, 2024)
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Appellate Practice
- Corporate Law
- Construction Law
- Health Care Law
- Litigation - Securities
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Financial Services Regulation Law
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