Lawyer Bio : Reid C. Adams, Jr.
Reid C. Adams, Jr.
"Cal"
Winston-Salem
Cal is one of our more experienced trial lawyers, having tried over thirty jury trials in state and federal courts. He has also tried numerous non-jury matters, including numerous declaratory judgment trials. Cal is a partner in the Winston-Salem office.
Cal has spent the past several years splitting his time between (a) insurance coverage litigation, including coordinating a nine-state environmental coverage action for The Home Insurance Company, (b) managing the diet drug litigation in N.C. (over 1200 cases), and (c) large class action cases (including defending Wachovia Bank in a forced placed insurance case). He has also developed expertise in reinsurance coverage and litigation, construction defect coverage and litigation, directors and officers liability coverage, and antitrust and related commercial matters, including commercial arbitrations.
Cal has spent many years litigating on behalf of the construction industry, including defense of one of the leading producers of construction materials in a serious brain injury case arising out of the operation of one of the company’s trucks, representation of condominium owners in a large construction defect case against the general contractor, architect and the various subcontractors, and defense of construction companies on behalf of the firm’s insurance company clients.
Cal is the Chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee. He is also serving his sixth two-year term as President of the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society of Northwest North Carolina. He is also a founding director of Legal Aid of North Carolina and recently completed a two year term as President of the Board of Directors of Legal Aid of North Carolina. He previously served as a member of the Board of Legal Services of N.C. He also serves as a member of the Pro Bono Advisory Committee of the Pro Bono Institute’s Law Firm Pro Bono Project. In 1996, he was honored by the Firm with the first Irving Carlyle Pro Bono Publico Award.
When Cal is not working, he spends most of his time with his wife, three daughters and one son. He is an avid reader of history and politics. He also enjoys golf when time permits.
Professional Activities
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for 2008 and 2001. Named a North Carolina Super Lawyer for 2008 and 2009.
Bar Associations: Forsyth County Bar Association; North Carolina Bar Association (Litigation Section); Former Member, North Carolina Young Lawyers Division (Served as Chairman, Citizenship Education Committee and Member, Executive Council); President, Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society of Northwest North Carolina, 1996-2008; Board of Directors, Legal Services of North Carolina, (Executive Committee Chair, Grievance Committee); Board of Directors, Legal Aid of North Carolina, (Chair, Strategic Planning Committee).
Admitted to bar, 1981, North Carolina. Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina and the Fourth and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Education
Prior Legal Experience
Additional Information
Practice Group Leader, Insurance, Governmental & Tort Litigation (2001-2006); Chair, Firm Pro Bono Committee
Seminars & Presentations
2007, Hot Topics: Directors and Officers Liability Insurance, Wake Forest University School of Law Insurance Update
2006, Navigating the D&O Minefield, Bank Directors Assembly, the North Carolina Bankers Association
2003, Insurance Coverage Issues in the 21st Century: Key Issues in the Aftermath of 9/11, Including Definition of Occurrence, Late Notice, Duty to Defend, and Business Interruption Coverage, North Carolina Bar Association "Insurance From A-Z: A Primer on Insurance Law"
2000, Trigger of Coverage in North Carolina, Business Insurance, December 4, 2000
1994, North Carolina Environmental Law Handbook, Environmental Insurance
Areas of Proficiency
- Pharmaceutical Litigation
- Mass Tort Litigation
- Class Action Litigation
- Reinsurance and Reinsurance Litigation
- Insurance Coverage and Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Product Liability Law
- Tort Law
- Workers' Compensation
- Antitrust and related commercial matters
Articles
News
- Adams, Greason, Yonuschot Honored for Pro Bono Service
- Womble Carlyle Attorneys Adams, Gersten and Rice to Speak at Wake Forest University Insurance Law Seminar
- Ninety-Eight Womble Carlyle Attorneys Named Among The Best Lawyers In America
- N.C. Bar Association Honors Womble Carlyle For Pro Bono Work
- Womble Carlyle Attorneys to Donate Thousands of Pro Bono Hours to Hurricane Victims in New Orleans
- Firm Attorneys Honored for Pro Bono Work with 9/11 Families
- Womble Carlyle Attorneys Honored By NC Justice and Community Development Center
