Adam Michael Weg

Adam M. Weg is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP, with a practice that focuses on complex business, real estate, antitrust and trade secret matters, cross-border international arbitration disputes and sophisticated insurance matters. Mr. Weg’s legal knowledge and real-world business experience provides a unique combination that clients rely on with their most pressing legal matters. Mr. Weg has considerable experience handling matters through all phases of civil litigation, pending in both state and federal courts.

Additionally, Mr. Weg has been selected as a "Rising Star" for the years 2019 and 2018 by Super Lawyers Magazine, an honor that is limited to no more than 2.5% of the attorneys within California under the age of 40. He has also been selected by Martindale-Hubbell as AV Preeminent - Peer Rating for the Highest Level of Professional Excellence.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Business Litigation

• Real Estate Litigation

• International Arbitration

• Insurance

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Represented one of the largest private cotton farms in the United States in connection with antitrust allegations for violations under section 1 of the Sherman Act, including per se horizontal group boycott, by one of largest cotton spinners in Asia. After a complete international arbitration proceeding, Mr. Weg and his partner obtained a lengthy award, entirely in their client's favor, which also provided their client a multi-million dollar award of its attorney's fees.

• Settled a complex securities dispute involving the transfer of multiple restricted securities and securities options by a client in a matter involving state and federal issues. He settled the matter for a fraction of the client's potential significant civil exposure.

• Represented several executive employees of a major, worldwide aircraft leasing company in resolving allegations of misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duties, and unfair competition relating to the formation of the company by the former CEO of a competing company.

• Regularly represents large multi-national businesses and insurers against allegations of misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential information arising from employee mobility, contractual disputes, environmental disputes, and real estate disputes.

• Represents multi-national insurance companies across the nation and overseas in matters related to insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, including errors and omissions coverage, complex excess/umbrella coverage and environmental coverage disputes.

EDUCATION

• Juris Doctor (2009) UC Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, California

           Hastings Law Journal (Law Review), Senior Executive Editor, 2008-2009

• Bachelor of Arts, Government (2006) Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

ADMISSIONS

• Member of the California State Bar

• United States District Court for the Central and Southern Districts of California

• Ninth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals

MEMBERSHIPS

• Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Member/Young Lawyers Division Advisory Committee

• Downtown Los Angeles Bar Association, Board of Directors (past)

HONORS & OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES

• Feature in the Daily Journal’s Top Verdicts of 2018

• 2018 and 2019 Super Lawyers “Rising Star” (awarded to 2.5% of attorneys under the age of 40)

• Regularly volunteers as an attorney scorer/judge for the Southern California Mock Trial Finals presented by the Constitutional Rights Foundation

During his free time, Mr. Weg enjoys playing golf and spending quality time with his family.