Adam W. Perry

Adam concentrates his practice in employment-related litigation and has represented a broad array of employers, including nonprofit organizations, governments, and businesses in complex litigation, with a primary focus on employer/employee disputes of every kind. Adam has a vast number of published opinions from state and federal courts demonstrating successful handling of high-risk, high-dollar employment litigations.

Adam also routinely handles a variety of other legal matters, including those concerning governments, educational institutions, and their officials on a variety of litigation, regulatory, and transactional matters. His more than 25 years of experience serving businesses, nonprofit organizations, municipalities, public authorities, and educational institutions gives him a remarkable depth of experience counseling and representing a diverse and broad base of clients on their most significant matters. His practice includes serving a variety of the government relations needs of his clients.

Adam exclusively practices U.S. law and is admitted to practice in New York and Florida. 

• Adam W. Perry Day proclaimed in the City of Buffalo, August 6, 2015
• Minority Bar Association of WNY Legal Service Award, 2015
• Listed, Best Lawyers in America (Commercial Litigation) 2018 - 2020
• Listed, Upstate New York Super Lawyers, 2013 - 2019
• Erie Community College Foundation's Distinguished Alumni Award, 1996
• Buffalo Business First's 40 Under Forty Award, 2000
• Erie Community College President's Outstanding Alumnus Award, 2004
• Community Action Organization of Western New York Agent of Change Award, 2011
• Community Action Organization of Western New York Corporate Leadership Award, 2015
• Grassroots Inc. Cora P. Maloney Award, 2012

• Chair of Aviation Committee and member, board of commissioners, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority. The only New York transit authority with bus and rail lines, two international airports, a large police force, and more than $1 billion in assets
• Chair, Citizens Planning Council of the City of Buffalo Capital Budget
• U.S. legal counsel, Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority (the Peace Bridge Authority)
• U.S. legal counsel, Niagara Falls Bridge Commission (a bi-national transportation instrumentality with three vehicle crossings connecting the United States and Canada)
• Past Vice-chair, board of directors, New York Council for the Humanities (New York's official National Endowment for the Humanities affiliate) (2010-2018)
• Counsel to and former member of the board of directors, Buffalo Urban League
• Former member, board of trustees, Erie Community College (a SUNY affiliate) (1998-2007)
• General Counsel, Community Action Organization of Western New York, Inc.
• Life member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
• Past President, Mayor Brown's Fund to Advance Buffalo (2008)
• Board of directors, Buffalo Police Foundation
• Past Chair, Erie County Advisory Committee on Reapportionment (2011)
• Former board member, Planned Parenthood of Western New York