Adam C. Abrahms

Adam serves as a trusted advisor to employers for national bargaining strategy and negotiations. He has negotiated in a myriad of contexts, including first contract, successor, effects, and closing agreements, as well as in multi-unit, multi-location, multi-employer, and multi-union situations. With regard to management-side healthcare, Adam leverages his experience in hospital negotiations, keen grasp of the industry’s labor unions and their tactics, and in-depth knowledge of acute care hospital bargaining unit rules to support management needs and objectives.

In addition, Adam handles a variety of employment-related matters for employers, from counseling on compliance with federal and California employment, wage and hour, and noncompete issues, to assisting with developing and implementing preventive workplace practices, policies, and procedures. He also defends disputes involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination in federal and state courts and before federal and state administrative agencies.

Adam regularly speaks and writes on labor and employment law, and he has advised elected officials, including members of Congress and the California State Legislature, on issues relative to employment. Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Adam co-chaired the labor management relations practice of another national law firm, where he also served on its board of directors.