Adam received his Juris Doctorate with honors in 2008 from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where he served as Executive Editor for the University of Cincinnati Law Review. In 2009, Adam accepted a position clerking for Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Janice M. Holder in his hometown of Memphis. Following the two-year clerkship, Adam joined the law firm Martin, Tate, Morrow & Marston, P.C.