Stuart Adams

Current

Owner at Stuart Adams Law Office, PSC
Board of Directors at Norton Commons Residential Village Association, Inc.
Chairperson at Commons Community Council

Managing Member at Adams Business Consulting Service, LLC
Founding Member at Intellas Group, LLC

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Past

Board Chairperson at This I Believe, Inc.
Counselor at SCORE Louisville
Assistant County Attorney at Office of the Jefferson County Attorney

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Education

Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville
Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Recommended

8 people have recommended Stuart

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Industry

Law Practice

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Stuart Adams’s Summary

Have been licensed to practice law in Kentucky, Massachusetts, Indiana, and admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States.

Served as: This I Believe, Inc., Chairperson; Louisville Third Century, Inc., Chairperson; The Entrepreneur Society, President; Bluegrass Inventors Guild co-founder; The Venture Club of Louisville, board; Kentucky Network of Information Technology Executives (KNITE) board; Technology Network of Greater Louisville (TeN), board; Intellas Group, LLC, co-founder and Executive Committee member.

Principal of a business consulting company, concentrating on management issues, competitive intelligence, integration of technology solutions, e-commerce, disaster preparation and recovery, and executive coaching.

Founding equity member and executive committee member of Intellas Group, LLC, a multi-disciplinary technology and business management consulting company.

Lectures: entrepreneurship, business litigation, and business strategies, technology problems and solutions, disaster preparation & recovery, e-commerce and business management issues, electronic information management, discovery and disclosure.

Publications on business issues, include the Courier Journal, Business First, and TechRepublic, monthly column for Louisville Computer News on legal issues related to the computer industry and currently writing a book, on how to start an E-commerce business in tough economic times.

Created and served as volunteer instructor for adult education public school course: "Entrepreneuring" and starting a small business. Volunteer counselor with Louisville chapter of SCORE, a resource partner of the United States Small Business Administration.

Currently serve as Chairperson of the Norton Commons® neighborhood association, The Commons Community Council and as a member of the board of directors of the Norton Commons Residential Village Association, Inc.

Stuart Adams’s Specialties:

Have practiced at all levels of the court system. Have represented private businesses and been legal counsel for local economic development agencies in the public sector. A major area of law practice involves representation of entrepreneurs and small to medium-sized businesses, which are embarking on, or engaged in, issues relating to electronic commerce.

Have been trained as a mediator, concentrating in resolution of business disputes related to technology and the computer industry.

Stuart Adams’s Experience

Owner

Stuart Adams Law Office, PSC

(Law Practice industry)

Currently holds this position
Board of Directors

Norton Commons Residential Village Association, Inc.

(Real Estate industry)

August 2009 — Present (5 months)

This position is elected by owners of real estate in Norton Commons, a traditional neighborhood development.
Chairperson

Commons Community Council

(Civic & Social Organization industry)

November 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

This position is elected by owners of real estate in Norton Commons
Managing Member

Adams Business Consulting Service, LLC

(Management Consulting industry)

January 2002 — Present (8 years )

Helping you build your business is our business.™

We concentrate on serving the changing needs of small and medium-sized businesses, business owners and their families. We assist entrepreneurs at all stages of their business development, from concept to conclusion.

We can help you in: researching and executing a plan to start or acquire a business; building a business plan; expansion of your business, and, ultimately, in selling it or passing it on to pursue other ventures; family and key employee succession issues.
Founding Member

Intellas Group, LLC

(Management Consulting industry)

February 2000 — Present (9 years 11 months)
Board Chairperson

This I Believe, Inc.

(Publishing industry)

2008 — July 2009 (1 year )

Retired from this position in July of 2009.
Counselor

SCORE Louisville

(Law Practice industry)

2007 — 2009 (2 years )
Assistant County Attorney

Office of the Jefferson County Attorney

(Legal Services industry)

June 1973 — October 2003 (30 years 5 months)

Started as a prosecutor and handling complex civil litigation. Practiced at all levels of the state and federal judicial and administrative law systems, from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the United States Supreme Court.

Represented public officials such as the county judge, commissioners, county clerk, and members of the judiciary. Served as legal counsel for local economic development agencies, law enforcement, corrections, and other departments, as well as joint agencies such as the parks and recreation department. Most recently served as head of the Office's Economic Development Unit, negotiating, drafting, and litigating economic incentive packages, including tax increment financing incentives for major employers in the community.

Stuart Adams’s Education

Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville

1971 — 1974
Hobart and William Smith Colleges

BA , History, Political Science , 1966 — 1970

Additional Information

Stuart Adams’s Websites:

Stuart Adams’s Interests:

martial arts, technology, entrepreneurism, economic development, building a community

Stuart Adams’s Groups:

Adams Business Consulting Service, LLC, Intellas Group, LLC, SCORE, Norton Commons, Chairman Commons Community Council, CEO Roundtable, Chairman This I Believe Inc.

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