Adam S. Sieff
Associate
Adam Sieff represents technology, media and entertainment, and healthcare clients in antitrust, intellectual property, and public policy litigation and appeals, including constitutional challenges to state and local regulation. He also counsels clients on legislative and public policy issues, and represents nonprofit and issue-advocacy organizations in constitutional rights, voting rights, and civil rights impact litigation, including before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Outside his practice, Adam is a lecturer in law at the University of Southern California, where he teaches courses that cover constitutional law, civil procedure, and federal litigation. He has served as executive vice chair of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy in Los Angeles, and on the boards of the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California and the Los Angeles County Young Democrats, among other statewide and community nonprofit and political action organizations. The Los Angeles County Empowerment Congress has named Adam a "40 Under 40: Emerging Civic Leader," and Equality California honored him with its Community Leadership Award.
Prior to joining DWT, Adam served as voting rights and election integrity litigation counsel to the Biden for President campaign, practiced for several years in the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices of an international law firm, and clerked for the Hon. Christina A. Snyder of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Practice Highlights
Antitrust litigation
Copyright and media IP litigation
Public policy and constitutional litigation
Antitrust Litigation
Copyright and Media IP Litigation
Public Policy and Constitutional Litigation
Admitted to Practice
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California, 2014
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U.S. Supreme Court, 2018
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U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2018
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U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2020
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U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2016
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U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2017
Education
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J.D., Stanford Law School, 2014, with distinction
- John Hart Ely Prize
- Editor, Stanford Law & Policy Review
- President, Stanford Law Democrats
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A.B., Columbia University, 2011, summa cum laude
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Charles A. Beard Prize
- Edwin M. Robbins Prize
Memberships & Affiliations
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- Lecturer in Law, USC Gould School of Law, 2017-present
- Executive Vice Chair for Los Angeles, 2017-2019; Member, 2017-present – American Constitution Society for Law & Public Policy
- Constitutional Revision Working Group, California State Assembly, 2020-present
- Member of the Board, Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California, 2018-present
- Member of the Board, Silver Lake Forward, 2017-present
- Committee Chair, Govern for California, 2018-present
- Steering Committee, LA Jewish Federation New Leaders Project, 2017-present
- Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association, 2015-present
- Member of the Board & Policy Chair, Los Angeles County Young Democrats, 2016-2019
- Legal Policy Counsel, Newsom for Governor, 2018
- Advisory Board Member, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, S.F. Bay Area, 2014-2016
Professional Recognition
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- Community Leadership Award, Equality California, 2019
- 40 Under 40 Emerging Civic Leader, Los Angeles Empowerment Congress, 2018
Background
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- Voting Rights Counsel, Biden for President, 2020
- Judicial Law Clerk, Hon. Christina A. Snyder, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles, 2019-2020
- Associate, Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, San Francisco, 2014-2019