ADAM K. TANOUYE
ADAM K. TANOUYE
Associate
Fairfield
Adam Tanouye graduated from Saint Mary’s College in Moraga with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art in 2007 and received his Juris Doctorate from Trinity Law School in Santa Ana in 2013. While in law school, Mr. Tanouye clerked for the Orange County Public Defender’s Office and participated in the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition in San Francisco in 2013.
He joined the McNamara Law Firm in 2021. His practice focuses primarily on insurance defense in personal injury and premises liability matters. Prior to joining McNamara, he was an associate for an employment law firm representing plaintiffs in discrimination and wage and hour disputes.
He is a member of the State Bar of California and admitted to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He is a member of the Solano County Bar Association and the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California.
EDUCATION
Trinity Law School – Santa Ana, CA
Juris Doctorate, 2013
St. Mary’s College of California – Moraga, CA
Bachelor of Arts in Art/Art History, 2007
ADMISSIONS
State Bar of California
United States District Court, Northern District of California
McNamara, Ambacher, Wheeler, Hirsig & Gray LLP, Associate Attorney, November 2021 to Present
- Defend clients under insurance coverage in civil litigation cases primarily involving motor vehicle accidents and premises liability matters.
- Design and effectuate discovery plans by taking/defending depositions, and drafting/responding to all forms of written discovery.
- Interact with clients, including performing client intakes, working with clients to respond to discovery, interviewing class members and preparing class member declarations, and counseling during depositions, settlement conferences, and at trial.
- Draft tailored motions dealing with a wide range of issues, as well as oppositions, reply papers, meet and confer letters, and legal memoranda.
- Appear regularly at all scheduled court hearings and successfully argue motions.
- Prepare comprehensive damages calculations for wage and hour and discrimination cases.
- Serve as lead counsel at mediations and settlement conferences.
Michael H. Kim, P.C., Millbrae, California, Associate Attorney, July 2018 – October 2021
- Represented Plaintiffs in employment law cases based on discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination and wage and hour violations (single plaintiff and class action) in state and federal court.
- Served as Second chair at a sexual harassment jury trial, securing a $2 million jury verdict.
Rai & Associates, Fremont, California, Associate Attorney, February 2016 – June 2018
- Prepared various business immigration applications (H-1B, I-140, I-485, EB-5), asylum applications, and family-based petitions.
- Appeared at immigration court hearings and represented clients at USCIS interviews (Permanent Residence/Adjustment of Status, Naturalization, Asylum).
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Solano County Bar Association
Filipino Bar Association of Northern California
Experience
McNamara, Ambacher, Wheeler, Hirsig & Gray LLP, Associate Attorney, November 2021 to Present
- Defend clients under insurance coverage in civil litigation cases primarily involving motor vehicle accidents and premises liability matters.
- Design and effectuate discovery plans by taking/defending depositions, and drafting/responding to all forms of written discovery.
- Interact with clients, including performing client intakes, working with clients to respond to discovery, interviewing class members and preparing class member declarations, and counseling during depositions, settlement conferences, and at trial.
- Draft tailored motions dealing with a wide range of issues, as well as oppositions, reply papers, meet and confer letters, and legal memoranda.
- Appear regularly at all scheduled court hearings and successfully argue motions.
- Prepare comprehensive damages calculations for wage and hour and discrimination cases.
- Serve as lead counsel at mediations and settlement conferences.
Michael H. Kim, P.C., Millbrae, California, Associate Attorney, July 2018 – October 2021
- Represented Plaintiffs in employment law cases based on discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination and wage and hour violations (single plaintiff and class action) in state and federal court.
- Served as Second chair at a sexual harassment jury trial, securing a $2 million jury verdict.
Rai & Associates, Fremont, California, Associate Attorney, February 2016 – June 2018
- Prepared various business immigration applications (H-1B, I-140, I-485, EB-5), asylum applications, and family-based petitions.
- Appeared at immigration court hearings and represented clients at USCIS interviews (Permanent Residence/Adjustment of Status, Naturalization, Asylum).
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Solano County Bar Association
Filipino Bar Association of Northern California
