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Overview
Introduction
When significant business disputes threaten a company’s operations, leadership, or enterprise value, clients turn to Adam.
Adam Mandelsberg represents public and private companies, financial institutions, technology platforms, universities, investors, and individuals in complex commercial litigation and arbitration nationwide. He handles a broad range of high-stakes matters, including contract disputes, business torts, trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition claims, shareholder and fiduciary-duty litigation, and False Claims Act actions.
Adam regularly advises businesses, directors, officers, and shareholders in sensitive disputes involving corporate governance, alleged breaches of fiduciary duty, contested ownership and control issues, director-removal proceedings, and corporate dissolution actions. He also represents companies facing allegations of fraud and other business torts across a variety of industries, including financial services, technology, consumer products, higher education, and professional sports.
Adam’s clients value his practical, business-oriented approach to litigation. Whether pursuing affirmative claims or defending against them, he focuses on achieving efficient, strategic resolutions that align with his clients’ legal and commercial objectives.
Adam maintains an active pro bono practice. His representations have included a New York resident alleging excessive force by law enforcement agents during an arrest at his own home, a Texas death-row prisoner seeking post-conviction relief in federal court, public housing residents pursuing habitability claims, and Central American families seeking compensation after being unlawfully separated by U.S. immigration authorities.
Education & credentials
- Columbia Law School, J.D., James Kent Scholar, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Assistant Executive Editor, Journal of Transnational Law, 2013
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2010
- New York
- New Jersey
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, Litigation Associate, 2015-2018
- Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, NY, Litigation Associate, 2013-2014
- Hon. Jane R. RothU.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Professional recognition
Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Commercial Litigation, 2024-2026
Recognized as a "New York Rising Star" by Super Lawyers, 2023
Recognized as a “40 Under 40” by Crain’s New York Business, 2021
American Bar Foundation, Fellow