Civil litigation built on strategic thinking and confident execution, forged in the toughest situations — courtrooms, boardrooms, and negotiations where the outcome is critical. We represent corporate clients, family enterprises, and individuals in complex disputes throughout Utah, with a primary practice in Salt Lake City and the greater Wasatch Front.
Relentless. Trial-ready. Built different. We mean business.
When a counterparty walks away from a deal, stops performing, or rewrites the terms after signing. Breach of contract, failed acquisitions, earnout disputes, and purchase agreement litigation.
When the people who built the business together can no longer run it together. Partnership breakups, shareholder disputes, fiduciary duty claims, and "business divorce."
When someone lied to get the deal done or acted with intent to destroy what you built. Fraudulent inducement, misrepresentation, tortious interference, and conversion.
When waiting for a trial date means the damage is going to be irreparable: TROs, preliminary injunctions, and expedited proceedings for situations where timing is central to the entire case.
When a departing employee or competitor takes what isn't theirs. Non-compete enforcement and defense, non-solicitation disputes, and trade secret misappropriation under state and federal law.
When the trial court got it wrong and the stakes and circumstances justify a second look. Appellate briefing and oral argument in state and federal courts, including interlocutory and post-trial appeals from final judgments.
Litigation is more effective when your counsel understands the commercial reality that produced the dispute. These are the sectors where we bring firsthand operational and transactional experience to bear.
Offtake agreements, JV governance, EPC contracts, royalty disputes, and the transactions behind them when disputes arise. Built on over fifteen years of experience at Aramco, Shell, and Wood Mackenzie spanning capital projects, strategy, and commercial operations.
Governing law disputes, international arbitration, enforcement of foreign judgments, and the commercial acts of international counterparties. First-hand fluency in the business dynamics of the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas.
SaaS disputes, licensing and IP conflicts, vendor contract failures, and partnership disputes in the tech ecosystem. Prior career includes corporate development and strategic planning roles at enterprise software companies.
Delay claims, change order disputes, lien enforcement/defense, and EPC/design-build litigation. Practical understanding of project economics and milestone-driven performance structures.
Your case is handled by the attorney you hired, not delegated down a chain. You get direct access to and collaborate with the person making the strategic decisions and the one who will stand up in court.
Before spending a dollar on discovery, we build a complete picture of the dispute: the stakes, the dynamics, the realistic paths to resolution, and what it will take to get there. You'll know where the case stands on an ongoing basis and what the realistic options are before significant new work commences.
An MBA and over two decades in interfacing with CXO / Board level in industry means we approach damages, settlement math, and risk management the way your CFO would and your stakeholders expect. We model exposure, not just argue it. That can shift the calculus on the other side.
We scope work in phases with ongoing communication about resources. No runaway discovery. No motion practice for its own sake. Every dollar spent should move the case toward resolution.
We prepare every case as if it's going to trial, because the other side can tell when you don't. That preparation creates real settlement leverage and keeps the timeline honest.
Adama Law was founded on a specific premise: understanding a problem from every angle — financial, operational, reputational, human — produces stronger litigation posture and outcomes. Counsel who can read a balance sheet, understand and make sense of complex evidence, model damages from first principles, assess economics, and think about resolution the way an executive decision-maker does.
Erich T. Linder brings over twenty-five years of professional experience to the practice, including fifteen years in the international energy industry at Saudi Aramco, Shell, and Wood Mackenzie, spanning capital projects strategy, infrastructure-level commercial negotiations, and operations across the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. Earlier career roles in enterprise software, corporate development, and management consulting add depth in technology, valuation, and organizational dynamics — the operational and contractual realities that drive disputes before they lead to lawsuits.
If that sounds like the kind of counsel you need, let's talk.
Adama Law PLLC
1895 East Rodeo Walk Drive, Suite B200
Holladay, Utah 84117
By appointment