Steven J. Adams

Shareholder and General Counsel

Steve is the firm’s General Counsel and previously served as Assistant General Counsel. As chief legal officer, he is responsible for overseeing Stevens & Lee’s legal matters, including providing ethics and compliance advice to the firm’s attorneys. In this capacity, he also works closely with the firm’s executive team to provide advice and counsel on all aspects of enterprise risk management and loss prevention.

In addition to his role as General Counsel, Steve maintains an active practice as a 35-year member of the Litigation and Bankruptcy Departments. He concentrates in creditor’s rights, including commercial collections and foreclosures, collateral repossessions, receivables collections, commercial bankruptcy proceedings and all aspects of post-judgment enforcement activity. He also represents construction industry clients in prosecuting their rights under Pennsylvania’s mechanics’ lien and payment bond laws, and he defends residential mortgage lenders and servicers from all types of consumer lending litigation claims.

Among Steve’s clients are national, regional and local financial institutions, mortgage servicers, agricultural lending associations, manufacturers, service providers and large building material supply companies.

Representative Cases

  • The Huntington National Bank v. Global Publishing Papers, Inc., 853A.2d 396 (Pa. Super 2004)
  • In re Mezvinsky, 265 B.R. 681 (Bkrtcy.E.D. Pa. 2001)
  • Berks County Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
    • Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section
  • American Bar Association
    • Litigation Section
  • Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference

Education

  • Penn State Dickinson Law, J.D., cum laude
  • Elizabethtown College, B.A.

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Powerful partnerships. Standout solutions.

Steven J. Adams
Shareholder and General Counsel
steven.adams@stevenslee.com
  • Reading
  • Phone: 610.478.2133
  • Fax: 610.988.0841
Areas of Focus
Practice
  • Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring
  • Litigation
Industries
  • Financial Institutions

Steve is the firm’s General Counsel and previously served as Assistant General Counsel. As chief legal officer, he is responsible for overseeing Stevens & Lee’s legal matters, including providing ethics and compliance advice to the firm’s attorneys. In this capacity, he also works closely with the firm’s executive team to provide advice and counsel on all aspects of enterprise risk management and loss prevention.

In addition to his role as General Counsel, Steve maintains an active practice as a 35-year member of the Litigation and Bankruptcy Departments. He concentrates in creditor’s rights, including commercial collections and foreclosures, collateral repossessions, receivables collections, commercial bankruptcy proceedings and all aspects of post-judgment enforcement activity. He also represents construction industry clients in prosecuting their rights under Pennsylvania’s mechanics’ lien and payment bond laws, and he defends residential mortgage lenders and servicers from all types of consumer lending litigation claims.

Among Steve’s clients are national, regional and local financial institutions, mortgage servicers, agricultural lending associations, manufacturers, service providers and large building material supply companies.

Representative Cases

  • The Huntington National Bank v. Global Publishing Papers, Inc., 853A.2d 396 (Pa. Super 2004)
  • In re Mezvinsky, 265 B.R. 681 (Bkrtcy.E.D. Pa. 2001)

Affiliations

  • Berks County Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
    • Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section
  • American Bar Association
    • Litigation Section
  • Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference

Education

  • Penn State Dickinson Law, J.D., cum laude
  • Elizabethtown College, B.A.

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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