Adam Lee Nemann

Adam Lee Nemann grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and moved to Ohio to pursue his education.  After graduating from the University of Cincinnati, with an enthusiasm for law and public speaking, he attended Capital University Law School.  It was during law school that Nemann thrust himself into the world of trial advocacy.  By day, he worked alongside Joseph E. Scott preparing to defend the accused, by night, he attended law school and volunteered for mock trial and trial advocacy clinics.  Nemann obtained a limited license to practice law while an intern, representing his own clients during law school.

Nemann first began his legal career defending clients in juvenile, municipal, and common pleas (felony) courts primarily, while working as a part-time assistant prosecutor for the City of Hilliard.  Accelerating quickly during his first few years of practice, Nemann has defended clients present before several hundred judges and magistrates across Ohio.  He has vast trial experience in municipal, common pleas and federal courts.  He has argued many cases before Courts of Appeals, and is frequently requested by judges to handle felony cases on a court-appointed basis for trial and appeals. 

Noteworthy legal victories include a not guilty verdict for a client accused of Aggravated Burglary and Felonious Assault (State vs. G.W.), a hung jury for a father accused of raping his adult daughter at gunpoint (State vs. A.L.), gaining a wrongful death defense verdict in federal court for a defendant accused of murdering her ex-lover, a martial-arts instructor in Zanesville, Ohio (Hatton vs. S.C.).  Nemann was trial counsel in defense of Derris Lewis, the teenager wrongly accused of killing his twin brother.  The trial drew national media attention, and was covered live by Court TV/Tru TV.  After the case was ultimately dismissed, Nemann was part of the legal team that secured a $950,000.00 settlement against the City of Columbus, for violating Lewis’ constitutional rights.  Additional courtroom accomplishments, including pending cases, can be found on the firm’s updated cases web page.

Nemann’s caseload varies from OVI (DUI) defense, where he has defended upwards of 1000 cases, to federal gun/drug charges, murder and other violent felonies, foreign or domestic extradition proceedings, as well as civil and criminal forfeiture of assets such as money or property seized by the government.  He is a proud member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Columbus Bar Association.

In 2009, the Central Ohio Association for Justice named Nemann the recipient of the Louisville Slugger Award, for outstanding courtroom advocacy.  Capital Law School, Nemann’s Alma maître, presented him with the 2010 Young Alumnus of the Year award.  In addition to the law practice, Adam Nemann is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Capital University, teaching Forensic Evidence.