Adam Vickers

Adam Vickers is a seasoned intellectual property and corporate attorney. Adam serves as outside general counsel and special intellectual property counsel for a diverse clientele including global companies, small businesses, and individuals. With a nationwide practice, his expertise includes corporate governance and securities, transactions, patent, trademark and copyright prosecution, and intellectual property litigation. Adam develops legal strategies tailored to his clients’ commercial concerns. He helps clients facilitate growth through intellectual property portfolio development, investor financing rounds, mergers and acquisitions, and initial public offerings. Adam has represented clients on deal work with a total value exceeding $400,000,000. Adam’s corporate experience informs his intellectual property guidance, which helps ensure his clients’ key assets are well-positioned and protected.

Adam earned his Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University Law School in 2006. He served as the Senior Articles Editor for the Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property. Adam also gained valuable experience with the Honorable T. Michael Putnam in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and the Honorable Pascal F. Calogero, Former Chief Justice of the Louisiana State Supreme Court. Before embarking on his legal career, Adam achieved academic excellence, earning a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Auburn University with honors.

With his wealth of legal knowledge and practical experience, Adam is committed to providing exceptional legal representation and guidance to his clients, ensuring their rights are protected and maximized.


Practice Areas

  • Intellectual Property

  • Patents

  • Trademarks

  • Copyrights

Bar Admissions

  • United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

  • Louisiana Federal and State Courts

  • Alabama Federal and State Courts

  • United States Patent & Trademark Office

Education

  • Tulane University Law School, J.D., 2006 

  • Auburn University, B.S., Mechanical Engineering


Professional & Civic Activities

  • Louisiana State Bar Association Member

  • Louisiana State Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section

Clerkship

  • Louisiana Supreme Court – Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero.

  • U.S District Court, Northern District of Alabama – Magistrate Judge T. Michael Putnam.)

Awards & Recognition

  • Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Star 2013-2018


Representative Matters

  • Represented various companies and investors as corporate counsel and intellectual property counsel in fundraising rounds, mergers, acquisitions and IPO work with a total combined value exceeding $400,000,000.

  • Represented local and global companies regarding corporate governance, securities, and intellectual property acquisitions and rights enforcement.

  • Defended international bank against patent infringement lawsuits.

  • Represented local and national companies in international intellectual property portfolio development and license deals.

  • Represented global dietary supplement company in international trademark prosecution and litigation matters.

  • Defended an angel network and thirty of its investor-members in complex litigation against a founder's claims for fraud, breach of contract, and breach of fiduciary duties.



Presentations

  • "Buying and Selling a Business: Start to Finish", National Business Institute, November 2018