Adam Lewis Pollock

This accomplished attorney currently serves as a partner at Pollock Cohen LLP, a position they have held since 2018. Prior to that, they were a partner at Ford O’Brien LLP for a year and also served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the New York State Attorney General from 2014 to 2017. Their legal career began as an associate at Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., from 2008 to 2014, and they also gained international experience as an Avocat-Stagiaire at the International Criminal Court in 2007-2008.

They earned their Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006, following a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from the University of Michigan in 2000. Fluent in French and Hebrew, this attorney has published several notable articles, including pieces in the New York Law Journal and Portfolio Media (Law360), where they explored topics such as New York’s favorable pleading standards, offshore tax evasion, and whistleblower regulations. Their diverse legal experience, combined with their academic and international background, makes them a highly skilled and versatile lawyer.

Features

• Discrimination Cases (Race, Gender, Disability)
• Freedom of Speech Cases
• Human Rights Advocacy
• LGBTQ+ Rights
• Police Misconduct
• Prisoner Rights Cases
• Religious Rights Cases
• Voting Rights Cases

• License
  Licensed in New York
  State: New York
  Acquired: 2007
  Currently Registered
  
  Licensed in New Jersey
  State: New Jersey
  Acquired: 2006
  Active
  
• Work Experience
  2006 - 2007 Law Clerk, The Honorable Gabriel W. Gorenstein, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Southern District of New York
  2008 - 2014 Associate, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C.
  2014 - 2017 Assistant Attorney General, Office of the New York State Attorney General
  2018 - Present Partner, Pollock Cohen LLP
• Education
  2006 - University of Pennsylvania - JD - Juris Doctor - Juris Doctor
  2000 - University of Michigan - BA - Bachelor of Arts
• Publications
  2017 - New York Law Journal
  FCA Cases: Protect Claims by Relying on NY's Favorable Pleading Standard
  2017 - Portfolio Media (Law360)
  Regulators, Whistleblowers And The Paradise Papers
  2007 - Journal of Comparative Law
  Codifying Shari'a: International Norms, Legality & the Freedom to Invent New Forms
  2006 - Journal of Constitutional Law
  Using Parole to Constitutionally Reconcile the Criminal Punishment Goals of Desert and Incapacitation
• Languages
  French - Native / Fluent
  Hebrew - Native / Fluent

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