With an extensive background in the community association industry, Adrian Adams is one of the leading community association attorneys in California with a practice that includes highrise condominiums, stock cooperatives, business parks, and large-scale lake associations, golfing communities, equestrian associations, and ocean-front communities.
Adrian served as an instructor on "Association Management and Law" for 10 years at UCLA Extension and has been a panelist in continuing education programs for other attorneys. He is also a legal advisor on condominium law and smoke-free housing issues to the Technical Assistance Legal Center, a project of the Public Health Institute.
Adrian serves as an expert witness on standards of care involving association boards and managers. He publishes a bi-annual salary survey of managers throughout the state, and a weekly blog with analysis and commentary on legal trends in the industry. In addition, Adrian created and manages the Davis-Stirling.com website, an award winning resource for the community association industry.
Following a four-year stint in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he specialized in aviation electronics on F-4 Phantom, Adrian earned a Bachelor of Arts, with Great Distinction, in Psychology with minors in Chemistry and Biology. He was a four-time University Scholar and a member of the Phi Eta Sigma Academic Society, Psi Chi Academic Society, and the Phi Delta Phi Academic Society.
Adrian went on to earn a Masters in Business Administration from the University of California at Los Angeles. Following the MBA program, Adrian earned a Juris Doctorate from Southwestern University School of Law.
Adrian J. Adams serves as corporate counsel to community association boards of directors throughout California--condominium highrises, retirement communities, recreational property owners associations, commercial common interest developments, and mixed-use gated communities. He also serves as an expert witness in litigation involving industry standards of care for boards of directors and managers. Adrian J. Adams is the author of Davis-Stirling.com and DavisStirlingLawBlog.com.