She is the General Counsel for Niagara University, past chair of the Erie County Bar Association's Intellectual Property Law Committee, and past partner in the firm Bloom, Cole & Shonn, LLP. Ms. Adams was a clerk at the New Hartford Public library, part of the Mid-York system, during high school. She worked in the libraries at her alma maters, Hampshire College, and SUNY Buffalo School of Law. She is admitted to practice in the state of New York, and the Western and Northern Districts of New York. She frequently presents on legal topics, including higher education, intellectual property, and business law. Her avocations include gardening, stonemasonry, cartooning, historic preservation, biking, and yoga.