Adam Gillenwater focuses his practice on complex litigation matters. 

While in law school, Mr. Gillenwater served as a law clerk in the Environmental Defense Section of the US Department of Justice’s Environment & Natural Resources Division and was a zoning code analyst for the National Zoning Atlas, a collaborative, academic‑led national mapping project.

Prior to law school, Mr. Gillenwater held policy and advocacy roles at two land conservation organizations, the Piedmont Environmental Council and the American Battlefield Trust. He also worked as a senior associate at a large, international consulting firm. 

Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, Harvard Law School, 2025

    • MPP, University of Virginia, 2012

    • BA with distinction, University of Virginia, 2011

      Echols Scholar
  • Admissions

    • Massachusetts

Credentials

Notice

We appreciate your interest in WilmerHale. While we are pleased to have you contact us, please keep in mind that merely contacting WilmerHale does not create an attorney-client relationship. Such a relationship will not arise until the Firm agrees in writing to represent you in connection with a particular matter. Importantly, unless and until this has occurred, you should not provide us with any confidential information, and we have no duty to keep confidential any information that we may receive from you. Thank you for your understanding.