Profile
Adam S. Heder is a personal injury trial attorney.
Mr. Heder specializes in representing persons who have been injured by long-term exposure to mold, mycotoxins, and other indoor contaminants.
Mr. Heder has prevailed at every level of litigation: at trial, on appeal, on pre-trial motions, and in arbitration. He has won or settled some of the largest mold injury cases in the Northwest.
Mold and mycotoxins make people sick. They can lead to brain damage, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, asthma, systemic inflammation, and a whole host of other conditions. Sometimes these effects go away with time and treatment, but often, they become permanent. Learning that you have such illness can be terrifying and confusing. Mr. Heder helps his clients through these times by working to get them the compensation they deserve.
In his free time, Mr. Heder enjoys spending time with his wife and five children, backpacking, skiing, biking, running, building Legos, and collecting comic books.
Representative Work
- Darin and Natalie Rowden, et al. v. Hogan Woods, LLC, Multnomah County, Case No. 15CV09483 — Mr. Heder represented a family of 6 through an appeal and 2-week trial. He obtained a verdict of over $5 million on behalf of the family, likely representing the largest verdict of its kind in state history.
- Mold Injury Case against National Landlord — Mr. Heder represented a young father and husband permanently injured and disabled by mold exposure. He obtained a settlement of over $2 million.
- Mold Injury Case in California — Mr. Heder represented a young mother whose professional life and health was upended by long-term mold exposure. He obtained a settlement of over $1 million.
- Private Arbitration against Homebuilder — Mr. Heder represented a family who had become sick because the new home was off gassing volatile organic compounds and was not properly ventilated. Mr. Heder prevailed at arbitration, and his clients were awarded every dollar they asked for.
- Johnson v. Maker Ecosystem Growth Holdings, Inc., Federal District Court for the Northern District of California, Case No. 20-cv-02569 — Mr. Heder successfully settled a class-action lawsuit on behalf of holders of the crypto currency, DAI.
- Sparrow Fund Management, LP v. MiMedx Group, Inc., Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York, Case No: 1:18-cv-04921 — Mr. Heder represented a hedge fund in a lawsuit against a large public, biomedical company for malicious prosecution and defamation. Mr. Heder defeated numerous dispositive motions and discovery attacks and, after nearly four years, guided the case to successful settlement.
Professional Experience
- JurisLaw LLP (fka Harris Berne Christensen, LLP) (Lake Oswego, OR), Attorney, 2017–present
- Stewart Sokol & Larkin, LLC (Portland, OR), Attorney, 2014–2016
- Paul Hastings LLP (Palo Alto, CA), Attorney, 2010–2014
- United States Court of Appeals, Judicial Clerk for the Honorable N. Randy Smith, 2009–2010
Admissions
- Oregon State Bar, 2015
- California State Bar, 2010
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2010
- U.S. District Court, Oregon, 2015
- U.S. District Court, Northern California, 2011
Education
- J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, J.D., 2009, Order of the Coif, magnum cum laude, Editorial Board of International Law and Management Review, Recipient of Hugh B. Brown Barristers Award for academic excellence, top 10 best Oralist at 2009 ABA Regional Moot Court Competition
- Brigham Young University, B.A., 2006, Cum laude, academic scholarship recipient
Publications
- “Recantations Reconsidered: A New Framework for Righting Wrongful Convictions,” Utah Law Review Volume 2012, Number 1, co-author with Professor Michael Goldsmith
- “The Power to End War: The Extent and Limits of Congressional Power,” 41 St. Mary’s Law Journal 445 (2010)