Adam Laxalt

Mr. Laxalt brings significant litigation, military and political experience to his role as Of Counsel in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. Before joining Lewis and Roca, he served for 5 years as a Naval Officer and lawyer in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Laxalt worked in Italy as a regional prosecutor and legal advisor to the Commanding Officer. In his role as a legal advisor, he managed more than 100 criminal matters, resulting in 65 administrative actions and 16 full-scale statutory investigations. As a prosecutor, he oversaw 15 courts-martial, three guilty-pleas, two fully contested trials (one before a jury and one before a judge), and three Article 32 hearings (akin to preliminary hearings in civilian court). In addition, Mr. Laxalt was deployed to Iraq to serve in a general counsel type role with Task Force 134, where he provided legal advice on detainee detention operations. While there, his unit received the Joint Meritorious Unit award. In his final duty station in the Navy, he served as a non-tenured Professor of Law at the U.S. Naval Academy where he taught a course on Constitutional, Criminal and International Law. Before joining the Navy, Mr. Laxalt worked as a Law Clerk for the U.S. Air Force General Counsel; Special Assistant to John Bolton, Undersecretary of State for International Security and Arms Control; and staff member for Senator John Warner (R-VA). J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2005 B.A., Government, magna cum laude, Georgetown University, 2001