Attorney Adams holds many professional memberships and awards. Attorney Adams is a past Chair of the American Association for Justice's Trucking Litigation Group and was the first recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award awarded by the organization. Attorney Adams is a Life and Board of Governors Member of the Tennessee Association for Justice. He has also chaired the Tennessee Truck Litigation Seminars for almost a decade. Attorney Adams has been selected as a Mid-South SuperLawyer for many years in a row.