Adam practiced law in Macon, Georgia for several years before he and his wife Lucie, an Asheville native, decided to make Asheville their new home. In Asheville, Adam served for two years as a law clerk to the Honorable Martin Reidinger, United States District Court Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, where he worked on a wide variety of federal cases. Following his clerkship, Adam joined Hall Booth Smith, P.C., where he now practices in the areas of general litigation, medical malpractice defense, and construction law.