Lehigh University's College of Education

Spring 2009

CHERIE L. ADAMS, ESQ., is a founding member of Adams Stern Gutierrez & Lattiboudere, LLC. Cherie L. Adams has over twenty-four years of legal experience devoted to the representation of management in education and labor and employment matters. Ms. Adams provides counseling to clients on a variety of education and employment-related matters, including special education, evaluations, discipline, the development of employment agreements, policy development and implementation, internal grievance and complaint mechanisms, contract administration and employee rights and responsibilities. Additionally, she handles all types of education litigation and employment litigation and defends against claims on behalf of public and private entities. Ms. Adams regularly represents clients in administrative proceedings, state and federal trial court and appellate litigation. Ms. Adams received her B.A. summa cum laude from Rider College and her law degree, cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center. Immediate Past President of the New Jersey Association of School Attorneys, Ms. Adams is also Secretary to the New Jersey Bar Administrative Law Section and a member of the School Law Committee of the New Jersey State Bar and the National Council of School Attorneys. She supplements her experience as a school board attorney by her role as a board member in Monmouth County.