Adam Ullman

Adam’s skills as a mediator have been honed over 25 years as an entrepreneur, product innovator, attorney, business advisor, and CEO of a $75M+, 450-person family enterprise. His journey began in his family’s manufacturing business, which closed after 40 years of success during his parents’ divorce—an experience that shaped his understanding of how emotional and financial disputes intersect with business stability.

Adam combines business acumen and legal expertise to guide clients through even the most emotionally charged challenges. His firsthand experience with succession planning failures, partner and founder disputes, family business conflicts, intellectual property infringement, contract disputes, and supply chain crises allows him to address complex and sensitive business conflicts with empathy and practical solutions.

Adam has led businesses through every stage, from product inception to successful exits. He leverages this experience to empower business owners to overcome challenges, unlock growth, resolve disputes, and achieve success through tailored strategies and expert mediation.

Business Experience That Guides Adam’s Mediations

• Entrepreneurship: Developed and launched innovative products globally, defended intellectual property, and negotiated a 22.5% royalty in a patent infringement settlement that led to the business’s acquisition by the IP licensee.

• Business Leadership: As CEO, transformed a $75M+ family enterprise of 21 companies, involving second- and third-generation non-family partners, and 450 employees. Successfully resolved a contentious succession process, achieving an exit with zero employee attrition.

• Advisory Expertise: Secured a ~50% premium on the sale price of a business after negotiating brand ownership and streamlining operations, doubling EBITDA and freeing over 10 hours per week for the CEO to focus on growth.

  
  

Adam’s deep understanding of business, finance, and law enables him to craft creative solutions and reach successful mediation outcomes. He outlines the ramifications of unsuccessful mediation, including the financial and emotional costs of litigation, and skillfully resolves attorney impasses by pinpointing critical issues, addressing concerns, presenting alternatives, and finding consensus. His approach accelerates resolutions, protects partnerships, and ensures long-term prosperity.

Mediation Focus Areas

• Business Disputes: Breach of contract, performance failures, shareholder actions, board conflicts, founder and partner disputes.

• Family Business Challenges: Succession planning, lack of succession planning, divorce involving a business, multigenerational businesses, family offices.

• Intellectual Property: Patent and trademark infringement, IP monetization, IP ownership and assignment challenges, IP licensing.

  
  

Adam holds a J.D. and LL.M. in Intellectual Property, Commerce, and Technology from UNH School of Law and a B.S. in Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Colorado Boulder. His balanced approach combines business expertise, legal insight, and creative problem-solving to help clients achieve resolutions that align with their goals and protect long-term value.