Adam Gross has dedicated his entire career to practicing workplace law. As a strategic advisor and partner to clients spanning a broad band of industries, but with a particular concentration on hospitality and retail, Adam defends clients in employment litigation, with a focus on complex class and collective actions, and provides day-to-day advice and counsel with the goal of reducing risk to businesses. Adam has built close, long-term partnerships with employers of all sizes and at all stages of their respective life cycles, from startups to fully-formed multinational employers. As their relationship manager, he makes a concerted effort to get to know clients’ businesses on a granular level to fully understand their priorities, tolerance for risk and preferred business strategies. That knowledge informs the customized advice he provides to each client, as well as enables him to better coordinate responsive, efficient, targeted legal services across practices and throughout the country. 

Adam is a core member of both the firm’s Restaurant and Fitness industry groups. He provides day-to-day advice and has defended a substantial number of major restaurant groups in litigations, including dozens of wage and hour class actions. He works closely with the New York State Restaurant Association and is frequently asked to present to its members on timely employment law issues confronting the industry. Adam also serves as the employment law member of the New York City Hospitality Group, which is an external NYC-based resource group, comprised of professionals with specialized focuses, dedicated to serving the restaurant and hospitality industry.