The Law Offices of Jarrett Adams

Legal services in New York, NY

Address

40 Fulton St Floor 15, New York, NY 10038, New York, NY, 10038

Phone

+1 646-880-9707

Website

jarrettadamslaw.com

About The Law Offices of Jarrett Adams

Jarrett Adams is the founder of the Law Offices of Jarrett Adams, PLLC, a criminal defense and wrongful conviction firm with offices in New York, Chicago, and Milwaukee. Adams brings a singular perspective to the practice of law: at age 17 he was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to 28 years in a maximum-security prison. He served roughly a decade before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, working with the Wisconsin Innocence Project, reversed his conviction on the grounds that his trial lawyer had provided constitutionally deficient representation. That experience redirected the course of his life. Adams went on to earn his Juris Doctorate from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2015. While in law school he worked as an investigator for the Illinois Federal Defender Program and was named Investigator of the Year by the National Defender Investigator Association for his work on a clemency petition that was ultimately granted by President Obama. He completed a public interest fellowship with the Honorable Ann Claire Williams of the Seventh Circuit and clerked for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York under the late Honorable Deborah Batts. He began his legal career at the Innocence Project in New York in 2016 before founding his own firm in 2017. Today the firm focuses on criminal defense and wrongful conviction litigation, and the site notes that Adams "has helped free multiple individuals wrongfully convicted of serious crimes." He is also a vocal advocate for criminal justice reform, a co-founder of the nonprofit Life After Justice, author of the memoir Redeeming Justice, and a frequent commentator featured in CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, and USA Today.

Jarrett Adams was once a defendant himself. At 17 years old, he was wrongfully convicted of a crime and sentenced to 28 years in a maximum-security prison. He spent nearly a decade incarcerated before the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, aided by the Wisconsin Innocence Project, overturned his conviction due to his trial lawyer's constitutional deficiencies. Rather than let that experience define him as a victim, Adams transformed it into the foundation of a legal career devoted to defending others. He went to law school, clerked in federal court, worked as an investigator securing a presidential clemency grant, and joined the Innocence Project in New York before establishing the Law Offices of Jarrett Adams, PLLC in 2017. As the firm puts it, "he was once a defendant, and now, he stands by your side as a defender of your rights." He continues to advocate nationally for criminal justice reform and to help free people who, like he once was, were wrongfully convicted.

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