Adam W. Goldberg

Adam W. Goldberg is one of the nation’s leading advisors helping companies and individuals address their reputational and political needs. In addition to co-founding Trident DMG, he is co-founder of the law firm Davis Goldberg & Galper PLLC.

Previously, he founded Trident Law Group and led the Public Strategies and Crisis Management Practice at a major global law firm. He has been an advisor, advocate, and strategist for corporations, individuals, state and local governments, non-profits, and Indian tribes on matters spanning industries and geography. These matters encompass the financial, entertainment, cybersecurity, internet and technology, education, hedge fund, private equity, pharmaceutical, personal genetics testing, hospitality, retail, transportation, automotive, and telecommunications sectors.

Adam served in the White House as Special Associate Counsel to President Clinton from 1996 to 1999, providing advice on political and communications strategies for the campaign finance, Monica Lewinsky, technology transfer, and other investigations. Serving as a White House spokesman, Adam worked on congressional, Department of Justice, and independent counsel inquiries. Before the White House, he began his career advising clients on public policy at a prominent Washington, D.C. law firm and then served as the Director of Rapid Response for Special Projects for the Democratic National Committee during the 1996 presidential campaign.

Adam’s counsel and advocacy focus on the following: regulatory, congressional, and other government investigations; media investigations, communications strategies, and interest from grass-roots groups; public policy issues, government relations, and public affairs campaigns; and general corporate and litigation advice.

Adam has been an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where he co-taught classes on crisis management and communications. He also lectures on related topics frequently to a variety of business and legal audiences. He has authored published articles on congressional investigations and crisis management, and is a commentator on national television and in major print and online publications.

In addition to his practice and teaching, Adam serves on the Board of Directors of the Capital Area Food Bank, the Washington, D.C. metro area’s largest, non-profit hunger and nutrition education resource. In its last fiscal year, the Food Bank sourced and distributed more than 45 million pounds of food to the food insecure through local partner agencies.

Admitted in New York, the District of Columbia, and various federal courts, Adam graduated Harvard Law School, cum laude, in 1994 and Tufts University, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, in 1991.