WHO WE ARE
A boutique law firm that thrives on delivering the information companies need to make informed employment decisions. Adam Investigations Counsel founder Aisha Shelton Adam skillfully navigates sensitive, complex, and business-critical investigations of senior-level employees and executives. Our expertise includes investigating whistleblower complaints and allegations of retaliation, harassment, discrimination, abusive conduct, fraud, and waste. We also investigate organizational culture.
WHAT WE DO
Adam Investigations Counsel methodically and strategically conducts workplace and Title IX investigations, ensuring clients in the private, public, and education sectors have a complete understanding of complaints, misconduct allegations, and the organizational cultures that often drive them.
Private
Skillfully navigating the sensitivities and complexities of workplace investigations to put interviewees at ease and provide clear, reasoned reports that firmly withstand courtroom examination.
Public
Understanding the intricacies of public employment law as well as the procedural and substantive issues that make investigations of public agencies distinctly different from those in the private sector.
Education
Investigating sexual misconduct, discrimination, and harassment allegations involving students, faculty, and staff on community college campuses, across K-12 school districts, and at elite private-education institutions.
WHO NEEDS US
Adam Investigations Counsel works with private, public, nonprofit, and educational organizations in need of an objective fact finder who analyzes workplace conflicts, allegations, and problems to help employers assess the bounds of a potential crisis. General counsel, outside counsel, CEOs, Human Resources directors, and executives rely on Adam Investigations Counsel to obtain and deliver the information they need to solve problems and get back to business.
WHY CHOOSE US
We focus on people. We listen and we ask the right questions so employers can identify problems, resolve conflicts, and restore confidence in the workplace. We take our jobs seriously and are committed to a fair process that respects all parties and witnesses.
AISHA SHELTON ADAM
Aisha Shelton Adam, the founder and managing partner of Adam Investigations Counsel, is an experienced trial lawyer and credentialed workplace and Title IX investigator who draws on her expansive business and employment litigation background to deliver unbiased investigations that confidently withstand scrutiny if challenged in court. Ms. Adam is a leader in workplace investigations who is known for her discretion, talent for interviewing reluctant witnesses, and skill at analyzing problematic workplace cultures.
FROM OUR CLIENTS
PARTNER, EMPLOYMENT DEFENSE COUNSEL
“Aisha has handled very complicated employment investigations for my clients. She has incredible rapport with difficult witnesses. Her reports are stellar and if your case goes to trial, jurors will find Aisha likable and credible.”
ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL, MEDICAL TREATMENT AND RESEARCH CENTER
“I found the report to be very well written and comprehensive, and I really appreciate all of the work that went into getting her arms around the facts. If anything else like this comes up for us, or we are asked for a recommendation, Aisha is at the top of the list.”
PARTNER, PLAINTIFF’S EMPLOYMENT COUNSEL
“I highly recommend Aisha Shelton Adam. She is respected by both sides of the bar and has drafted some of the best reports I have ever read.”
INSIGHTS
The Association of Workplace Investigators is offering its popular AWI Workplace...
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Adam Investigations Counsel Managing Partner Presents at LACBA: Workplace Investigations SeminarJuly 8, 2024
Aisha Shelton Adam, founder and managing partner of Adam Investigations Counsel,...