Elizabeth Lautenbach Adams
Special Counsel
Experience
Elizabeth Lautenbach Adams focuses her practice on counseling and representing property owners, manufacturers, distributors, and others in toxic tort litigation spanning a wide variety of alleged exposures. She also handles premises and other general liability claims along with insurance coverage matters. She has experience in all stages of litigation, including settlements, depositions, compliance conferences, pre-trial conferences, and oral arguments.
Liz draws on experience as a law clerk for the Hon. Jamie D. Happas, the presiding judge of the Civil Division in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex Vicinage. She also interned for the Hon. Joseph A. Dickson in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Hon. Dennis F. Carey III, former presiding judge of the Civil Division in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex Vicinage. She was also a corporate compliance fellow with Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, where she advised and created policies pertaining to the HIPAA privacy rule.
Related Areas
Honors & Awards
Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, 2023-25
- Litigation – Environmental, 2024-25
New Jersey Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2023-24
JD Supra, Readers’ Choice Award, Top Author, 2023, 2024
Background
Admissions
- New Jersey
- New York
Education
- Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 2015
- Phi Alpha Delta International Law Fraternity; Honor Council
- Seton Hall University, B.A., cum laude, 2012
- Phi Alpha Theta
Professional Affiliations
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Middlesex County Bar Association
News & Knowledge
Publications & Events
- “Sorting the Science, Regulation and Law of Medical Causation,” (Co-Presenter), Client Presentation, July 11, 2023
- “Medical Causation,” (Co-presenter), Client Presentation, June 20, 2023
- “Latent Injury Claims: Tips and Pitfalls to Avoid,” August 01, 2022
- “Glyphosate & Pesticide Litigation: An Update on Personal Injury and Other Litigation, Science, and Future Considerations,” Client CLE, October 5, 2021
- “Jurisdiction Update: Asbestos Litigation in New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania,” (Co-Presenter), GS Webinar Series, February 28, 2023
- “Jurisdiction Update: Court Events and Practices—New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania,” (Co-Presenter), GS Webinar Series, December 22, 2021