Special to the
Opelika Observer
The Auburn-based law firm Capell & Howard P.C. is pleased to welcome Jerusha T. Adams to the firm as a shareholder.
Adams graduated from Western Michigan University with a bachelor’s degree, cum laude, in 1997 and received her juris doctorate from Emory University in Atlanta. Her practice includes general litigation, appeals, employment and labor relations and health care.
Adams previously worked as an Assistant United States Attorney and as Senior Litigation Counsel for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama in both the civil and criminal divisions. She has extensive federal court experience, as she is a former staff attorney for Circuit Judge Joel F. Dubina of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, former career law clerk for Chief United States District Judge W. Keith Watkins for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, former law clerk for former United States District Judge Mark E. Fuller for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama and former law clerk for retired United States Magistrate Judge Vanzetta P. McPherson for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
Adams was admitted to the Florida State Bar in 2000, and the Alabama State Bar in 2002. She is married to Willie J. Adams Jr., who works as a fire and aviation specialist with the National Parks Service.
About Capell & Howard
Since 1947, the attorneys of Capell & Howard, P.C. have been providing clients professional expertise coupled with an abiding commitment to client service. As a full-service provider of legal advice and representation, its attorneys have been recognized across a wide range of practice areas, including 16 attorneys in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in America and five attorneys in the 2018 edition of Super Lawyers. In addition to its in-state client base, the firm serves as Alabama counsel for regional, national, and international companies.
For more information, call 334-501-1540 or visit www.capellhoward.com. Their local office is located at 3120 Frederick Road.
