Adam
Stone

Position: Partner
Office: Jackson

Adam Stone is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. He focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and arbitration for clients in the financial services, insurance, manufacturing, and construction industries.

Adam Stone has more than 20 years of experience representing parties in significant complex commercial and construction disputes.

Adam is a US Green Building Council LEED Accredited Professional (LEED-AP) and has extensive construction law experience. He drafts construction contracts and has litigated and arbitrated significant matters for owners, contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, sureties, and design professionals involving defective design claims, defective construction claims, lien claims, and ADA compliance claims. In one case involving the construction of seven condominiums complexes on the Mississippi Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina, Adam successfully struck both of the plaintiffs’ experts, obtained summary judgment, and prevailed on appeal. The Mississippi Supreme Court’s opinion affirming the decision is often cited on the standard for supplementation of expert testimony.

Co-author of the Construction Law chapter of the Encyclopedia of Mississippi Law, Adam also has been listed annually in Mid-South Super Lawyers in the area of Construction Litigation. He has been recognized by former Governor Haley Barbour and the Mississippi Development Authority for dedication and support of the Model Contractor Development Program.