Adam Polk

Adam Polk’s experience spans all aspects of civil litigation, from initial case investigation and complaint preparation through trial and settlement. Respected among his peers for his leadership, preparation, and client-centered decision-making, Adam’s practice encompasses a range of class action matters, including products liability, consumer finance, securities, antitrust, corporate governance, life science, and sexual abuse.

Adam currently serves as co-lead counsel in In re Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. Shareholder Litigation (a securities case alleging Hewlett Packard misled investors when it merged with Computer Science Corporation Inc. to form DXC Technology Company); In re Accellion Data Breach Litigation (litigation following a data breach incident involving the theft of sensitive information in files loaded to Accellion’s File Transfer Appliance system); In re Huntington Bancshares Inc. Shareholder Litigation (alleging violations of the Securities Act of 1933); and In re MCG Health Data Security Issue Litigation (centering on alleged exfiltration of personal health information). He also serves on the leadership teams in In re PFA Insurance Marketing Litigation, In re Allergan Biocell Textured Breast Implant Products Liability Litigation, and In re Philips Recalled CPAP, Bi-Level Pap, and Mechanical Ventilator Products Litigation.

Recently, Adam served as a key member of the trial team in In re Pacific Fertility Center Litigation. In a landmark result, the jury awarded approximately $15 million for the loss of four families’ eggs and embryos. A global resolution with the tank manufacturer followed for the dozens of households represented by Girard Sharp.

Adam has taken a leading role in several recent cases that resolved favorably for his clients, including In re Maxar Technologies Inc. Shareholder Litigation (a Securities Act case that resolved for $36.5 million); In re Subaru Battery Drain Litigation (a consumer protection action concerning defective batteries in Subaru vehicles); Bentley v. LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. and Sosenko v. LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. (class actions alleging that LG’s refrigerators are defective and prone to premature failure); In re Nexus 6P Products Liability Litigation and Weeks v. Google LLC (two consumer class actions against Google relating to defective mobile phones, which resolved for a combined $17 million); and In re Sears Holdings Corporation Stockholder and Derivative Litigation ($40 million settlement).

Adam is active in the American Bar Association, where he serves as the current co-chair of the ABA’s National Institute on Class Actions and co-chair of the Virtual Programming Board. He also serves as a leader of the American Association for Justice’s Class Action Litigation Section.

Adam has been recognized as a National Trial Lawyers “Top 40 Under 40” every year since 2019. Adam was also named to Best Lawyers’ “Ones to Watch” list in 2021 and 2022, and honored in 2022 as a “Rising Star of the Plaintiffs Bar” by the National Law Journal. In 2023 and 2024, he was named one Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Consumer Plaintiff Lawyers.” He has been selected by his peers as a Northern California Super Lawyer, Rising Star every year since 2013.