Adam Thompson is a seasoned and aggressive New York City trial attorney who has been successfully representing personal injury victims and the criminally accused for over 35 years.
Adam Thompson has represented clients and litigated causes with a world-wide impact including most recently participating in the mass tort action against Purdue Pharma, and the spread of OxyContin, creating the opioid epidemic, which was featured in the Netflix series 'PainKiller. The litigation was resolved in a multi-billion dollar settlement. He also participated in the mass tort action against Bayer/Monsanto for their product Roundup, claiming their glyphosate-based weed killer, Roundup, causes cancer (primarily non-Hodgkin lymphoma) and that the company failed to warn users. That matter resulted in the settlement of claims for victims over ten billion dollars.
Adam Thompson has been recognized for his excellence by many legal organizations and groups and received awards for his outstanding trial skills including:
Top 25 Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers Association - National Trial Lawyers - 2017
Nation's Top 1% Lawyers - National Association of Distinguished Counsel - 2015
Litigator Award Top 1% of Trial Lawyers - Trial Lawyers Board of Regents - 2015
Adam Thompson has been featured as a legal analyst and expert on various cable news networks including HLN, CNN, Fox News, Newsmax, ABC, CBS, NBC, and WPIX. He has been featured in various newspapers and publications including the New York Times, New York Post, and New York Daily News.
For over five years, Adam Thompson hosted the ground-breaking nationally syndicated radio talk show, 'The Adam Thompson Show' where he covered current events, legal trends, and interviewed public figures including politicians, sports athletes, film actors and celebrities.
Adam Thompson has been an educator for over two decades mentoring interns from local law schools, colleges, and high schools as part of an on-site internship/externship program teaching student all aspects of the civil and criminal law process, including representing a client form case inception until trial.
Adam Thompson is a noted motivational key note speaker and has publications including;
The A B C 's of Life... Take Control of Your Life Now - Book and DVD series - 2011
How to Handle an Accident Case from Beginning to End - Book