About

Adam Wilson, Esq.

(207) 699-9957

adam.daley.wilson@gmail.com

180 High Street #14 | Portland, ME | 04101

Resume as an Appellate Lawyer and Brief Writer

Education

J.D., Stanford Law School, 1999. Moot Court, Stanford Law Review.

B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1994.

Clerkship

Law Clerk to the Hon. Franklin S. Van Antwerpen, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2004-2006.

Law Firm Experience

Gibson Dunn (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher). 2006-2009.

  • Leading Global Am Law 100 Firm

  • San Francisco Office, Litigation Group

  • Associate Attorney / Senior Associate Attorney

  • Litigation, Antitrust, and Appellate Sections

  • Price-Fixing, Complex Litigation, Class Actions, Appellate, Intellectual Property, some White Collar

Crowell (Crowell & Moring LLP). 2000-2004.

  • Leading International Am Law 100 Firm

  • Washington, D.C. Office, Litigation Group

  • Associate Attorney

  • Litigation, Antitrust, and Appellate Sections

  • Appellate, Antitrust Litigation, Intellectual Property, Constitutional Law, some Supreme Court

Freelance and Other Litigation Experience

  • Freelance brief writer since 2017 (see why below)

  • Attorney, federally-funded non-profit (Disability Rights Maine)

  • Court mediator (Maine Judicial Branch, part-time while stay-at-home parent)

  • Extern, Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California

  • Paralegal, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington D.C.

    • Assigned to the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust and her Special Trial Counsel

Admissions

Active licenses in California (1999), Washington, D.C. (2001), and Maine (2009).

Other Experience and Boards

Asked to serve on six non-profit boards at various times between 1999 and 2023. Most recently: Board of Trustees, Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, idsva.org, and former Board Chair and now Advisory Board Member, The Yellow Tulip Project.org, a youth-driven mental health nonprofit for teens.

Click here for additional specifics about my legal background and my brief writing, including total hours, subject matter areas, and types of briefs.

CV as an Artist

Why freelance? I became a freelance brief writer when in 2017 I unexpectedly became a successful conceptual artist. I’ve been represented by a Chicago gallery since 2020, and my first two solo shows have each been selected ‘Must See’ in Chicago by Artforum.

Click here for my artist CV.