Profile

• Public Sector Labor Law
• Collective Bargaining Negotiations
• Due Process Discipline Rights
• Ralph C. Dillis Act
• Public Safety Officers' Procedural Bill of Rights Act
• California Excluded Employees' Bill of Rights Act
• Firefighters Bill of Rights Act
• Meyers Milias Brown Act
• Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act
• Public Employee Retirement Laws
• Grievance and Interest Arbitration 

Public Sector Labor Law

Mr. Adam has spent his career advocating on behalf of tens of thousands of public employees in California and beyond. His representation has helped public employees secure increases in wages and benefits, and defend disciplinary actions. He typically uses a collaborative approach in his advocacy; however, he also brings formidable litigation experience to bear on his practice, including representation of clients' interests to the California and Unites States Supreme Courts.

Public Sector Litigation

Mr. Adam has litigated extensively both in state and federal court, including in the United States Supreme Court. Litigation focus areas include: public employee retirement law; public employee rights and constitutional law under both the federal and California Constitution; First Amendment rights for public employees; Eighth Amendment, unit formation and modification; workplace safety; California Wage and Hour law; Fair Labor Standards Act; federal and state procedural and state substantive due process; discipline; California Emergency Services Act, California Arbitration Act and internal governance; and furlough litigation at a state and local level. He has been involved in precedent-setting cases involving the Ralph C. Dills Act, the Californiat Arbitration Act, the Public Safety Officers' Procedural Bill of Rights Act, and the Prison Litigation Reform Act.

Collective Bargaining

Mr. Adam has negotiated collective bargaining agreements for association ranging in size from a few dozen to 30,000+, under multiple collective bargaining laws at both the state and local level. He has represented public safety officers, firefighters, supervisors, teachers, engineers, architects, and managers. Mr. Adam brings a "win-win" philosophy to the bargaining table and a problem-solving energy to reaching the best results for his clients.

Reported Cases

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. Governor of California, et al. v. Marciano Plata, et al. (2011) 131 S.Ct. 1910

CDF  Firefighters v. Maldonado (2011) 200 Cal.App.4th 158.

County of Orange v. Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs (2011) 192 Cal.App.4th 21.

Gilb v. Chiang (2010) 186 Cal.App.4th 444.

California Correctional Peace Officer's Assn. v. State (2010) 181 Cal.App.4th 1454.

California Correctional Peace Officer's Assn. v. Virga (2010) 181 Cal.App.4th 30.

Spielbauer v. County of Santa Clara (2009) 45 Cal.4th 704.

California Correctional  Peace Officers' Ass'n v. Schwarzenegger (2008) 163 Cal.App.4th 802.

CDF Firefighters v. Maldonado (2008) 158 Cal.App.4th 1226.

Department of Personnel Admin. v. California Correctional Peace Officers Ass'n (2007) 152 Cal.App.4th 1193

California Correctional Peace Officers Ass'n v. State (2006) 142 Cal.App.4th 198.

State Personnel Bd. v. Department of Personnel Admin. (2005) 37 Cal.4th 512.

In re Work Uniform Cases (2005) 133 Cal.App.4th 328.

California State Personnel Bd. v. California State Employees Ass'n (2005) 36 Cal.4th 758.

California State Personnel Bd. v. California State Employees Ass'n, Local 1000, SEIU, AFL-CIO (2003) 114 Cal.App.4th 11.

Mason v. Retirement Bd. of City and County of San Francisco (2003) 111 Cal.App.4th 1221.

State Personnel Bd.v. Department of Personnel Admin. (2003) 111 Cal.App.4th 839.

State Personnel Board v. Department of Personnel Administration (2003) 109 Cal.App.4th 1574.

Presentations and Publications

Panelist, Marin County Pension Reform Community Forum, Sustainable Public Employee Pensions. (April 3, 2012). Watch Video 1,  Watch Video 2, Watch Video 3

Co-author with Gary Messing, Impasse Resolution Procedures Mandated for Collective Bargaining, published in PORAC Law Enforcement News (January 2012). Read article

Judge Rules Furloughs Illegal for Prison Guards, by Shane Goldmacher, published in Los Angeles Times (December 18, 2009). Read article

Keeping an Eye on Prison Guards' Interests: Outside=Counsel Duo Share Working-Class Roots With Union They Represent, featuring Gregg Adam and Ron Yank, by Linda Rapatton, published in San Francisco Daily Journal (November 15, 2006).