Adam Gomez is a principal at Grant & Eisenhofer where he focuses on complex class action and mass tort litigation, as well as environmental litigation. Prior to joining G&E, Mr. Gomez was an associate at a national defense litigation firm where he defended clients in catastrophic personal injury, products liability, professional liability, and civil rights litigation.
Mr. Gomez currently serves as the Chair of Discovery in the In re East Palestine Train Derailment litigation, which resulted in a record-setting $600 million settlement arising out of the derailment of Norfolk Southern Train 32N in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 3, 2023. In addition to leading discovery in that matter, Mr. Gomez also served as part of the settlement negotiation team and was primarily responsible for the administration and distribution of settlement funds to the Class. Mr. Gomez is currently the Chair of the Discovery Committee and Co-Lead Trial Counsel in the Gilead Tenofovir Cases, California Judicial Council Coordinated Proceeding (JCCP) No. 5043, representing members of the HIV community injured by Gilead Sciences, Inc.’s negligent design of tenofovir-based antiretroviral medications. Mr. Gomez also actively serves as Co-Liaison Counsel in the Mead Johnson Products Cases, California Judicial Council Coordinated Proceeding (JCCP) No. 5257, relating to injuries suffered by pre-term infants as a result of ingesting defective baby formula products. In the past, Mr. Gomez served as Chair of the Insurance Committee and a member of the settlement negotiation team representing residents and businesses harmed by the catastrophic gas explosions in Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts caused by the negligence of Columbia Gas and NiSource, which resulted in an historic $143 million settlement. Mr. Gomez has represented victims of the Paradise, California Camp Fire—the deadliest in the state’s history—where plaintiffs allege that fires were sparked by aging, unsafe electrical infrastructure maintained by Pacific Gas & Electric.
Mr. Gomez earned his J.D. from Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law in 2013, where he was a Beasley Scholar and received awards for excellence in Constitutional Law and Outstanding Oral Advocacy in the Integrated Trial Advocacy Program. He received his B.A. in Government from Wesleyan University in 2010 where he served as Chair of the Student Judicial Board and President of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Mr. Gomez is a member of the American Association for Justice where he serves on the Legal Affairs Committee, Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. He was selected for inclusion in the 2018 list of “Rising Stars” in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers. Mr. Gomez was also selected to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumers Lawyers Guide for the past three years.