About Adam
Adam Steele earned degrees in communication studies and finance before turning to law. He completed both a B.A. in Communication Studies, Public Affairs and a B.S. in Finance at California State University, Chico, receiving those degrees in 2017. He then studied law in San Francisco and received his J.D. from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco in 2021.
Steele’s early work placed him inside systems that deal with people and process. In 2014 he worked as a legal assistant for NorCal ICWA, where he supported day-to-day office operations and client intake. That hands-on experience preceded a law clerk role in 2019 at Hoyer & Hicks, where he assisted with case preparation, legal research and the drafting of court documents. Those years in office roles gave him practical exposure to litigation workflow and client communication.
In 2022 Steele expanded into policy research. He served as a law and policy researcher for the Space Generation Advisory Council. There he contributed to projects on legal and regulatory issues tied to space activities. The position required parsing complex statutes and international instruments, and translating technical policy questions into research products for stakeholders.
He moved into licensed practice in 2023 when he joined McCormick Law Office as an attorney. Now based in Oklahoma, his practice reflects the variety of his prior roles. He handles matters that often draw on child-welfare experience from earlier work, as well as administrative and policy-oriented questions that echo his research on space and regulation. He appears in the office handling both client-facing tasks and filings in court.
Steele’s path combines academic study in communication and finance with practical legal work and policy research. That mix shapes how he approaches cases: attentive to procedural detail, attentive to how policy and law intersect, and comfortable in both client meetings and written advocacy. He currently practices at McCormick Law Office in Oklahoma, handling matters informed by his child-welfare and policy background.
