Paul-Joseph R. Adams

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Paul-Joseph R. Adams
President, Paul R. Adams, PC
Nelson Towers Suite One, 715 W. Michigan Avenue
Jackson, Michigan 49201
Phone: (877) ADAMS-98
Fax: (517) 787-8572
E-Mail Address: pra@modempool.com

Practice Areas

Criminal Defense Med Mal Pers Injury Aviation, Probate DomRel, W Comp

Education:

1959 Gradute, Hamtramck High School, Hamtramck, MI;

1964 BS in Industrial Mgt. Wayne St. Univ., Detroit, MI;

1967 JD Law, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

Scholarship Recipient to Nat'l Prosec Attys Assoc short course at Northwestern Univ in Chicago, IL & in Miami, FL; also scholarship to NACDL&PD at Bates College of Law, University of Houston, TX.

Bar Admissions:

1968 State Bar of Michigan (all courts);

1968 US Dist Cts for Eastern & Western Districts of MI;

1977 6th Circuit Ct of Appeals in Cincinatti, OH;

1973 United States Supreme Court, Washington D.C.

Memberships:

State Bar (Cim Law & Aviation Law sections);
CDAM;
Former member Lawyer-Pilots Bar Assoc.;
Am Judicature Society;
Detroit Tent of the Sons of the Desert.

Profile:

Practicing 32+ years; three years as a prosecutor, working up to Chief Assistant.Formed first contract felony defender group in Jackson County. Won first prison escape case in Jackson County in 40 years. Taught a dozen different law courses @ Jackson Community College from Criminal Law to Law for Clergy, and from Criminalistics to Police Civil Liability: Use of Force & Deadly Force. Guest Lecturer for CDAM at Butzel Conf Center near Flint also in Grand Rapids; plus State Bar Project at Jackson Prison. Taught courses at the Michigan Law Enforcement Officer Training Council at JCC.

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