About Adam
Adam Garth earned his law degree from Syracuse University College of Law in 1991 after completing a bachelor’s degree in political science at Tufts University in 1988. He went straight into litigation work after law school and built a practice that moves between trial courts and appellate benches. His background blends private firm work with periods inside the court system.
He began his post‑graduate career in New York. In the early 1990s he worked as a litigation lawyer and then handled intellectual property litigation at Helfgott & Karas. That early IP work introduced him to complex, document‑heavy disputes. It also set the tone for a career that has alternated between courtroom advocacy and courtroom administration.
Through the 2000s Garth’s resume shows both firm and court roles. He returned to litigation at Larkin Axelrod Ingrassia & Tetenbaum and later served as a managing lawyer there. Around the same time he held positions as a principal court lawyer for the New York State Unified Court System. He took on managing lawyer duties at the Law Offices of Michael Lamonsoff in 2008 and again worked as a principal court lawyer in 2010, a period that deepened his familiarity with judicial procedures and case management.
Over the next decade he took on temporary judicial assignments in California. He served as a temporary judge for the Los Angeles Superior Court in 2014 and for the Fresno Superior Court in 2017. During that time he also returned to private practice as a litigation lawyer and, later, as a partner at a large national defense firm.
Garth moved into partnership roles at recognized firms. He joined Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP as a partner in 2019. In 2023 he became managing partner at Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer, P.A., where he leads a team handling complex civil matters. The move formalized responsibilities he had accumulated in both advocacy and firm management.
He is admitted to practice in a broad range of jurisdictions. Those include the U.S. Supreme Court; federal courts such as the Federal Circuit and the Ninth Circuit; and numerous district courts, including the Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York, the Eastern and Central Districts of California, and the Districts of Nevada and New Jersey. He also holds state admissions in California, New York, Nevada, New Jersey, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.
Locally he is active in bar circles, holding membership in the Washoe County Bar Association since 2020 and the Clark County Bar Association since 2021. He handles civil litigation, appellate work and intellectual property disputes in his current practice focus.
