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Home Professionals Adria L. Perez

As a member of Reed Smith’s Regulatory & Investigations Group, Adria focuses her practice on representing corporations in white-collar criminal defense matters, government enforcement issues, cross-border and domestic and internal, board of directors, special committee, criminal, and SEC investigations and independent corporate monitorships. Her experience includes handling issues relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, commercial bribery, False Claims Act (including with regard to higher education, government contracting, healthcare and tax matters), criminal antitrust and environmental crimes.

Credentials

  • Columbia University, 2004, J.D.
  • Florida State University, 2001, B.A., International Affairs and Spanish, summa cum laude

  • District of Columbia
  • Georgia

  • Atlanta Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Board of Directors, Member
  • Georgia Latino Law Foundation, Co-Founder and Advisory Board Member
  • Leadership Atlanta, Class of 2024
  • Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, Former Past President of the Board of Directors
  • Law360, White-Collar Editorial Board (2021–2022)
  • Hispanic National Bar Association, Latina Commission, Member (2015–2017)
  • Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Fellow (2016)
  • LEAD Atlanta Class of 2012, Member

  • English
  • Spanish

Awards & Recognition

  • Ranked in Chambers USA for Georgia White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations Litigation, 2021–2025
  • Best Lawyers in America, White-Collar Criminal Defense, 2023–Present
  • Super Lawyers, White-Collar Criminal Defense: Georgia Rising Star, 2012–2020
  • The Daily Report, Southeastern Legal Awards, Best Mentor, 2023
  • Corporate Counsel, 2023 Women, Influence, and Power in Law Awards: Best Mentor, 2023
  • American Bar Association’s Business Law Section Women Business and Commercial Advocates, 2022
  • American Lawyer Daily Report, Georgia Trailblazers, 2020
  • Atlanta Business Chronicle, Women Who Mean Business, 2018
  • Atlanta Magazine, Women Making a Mark, 2018
  • The Hispanic National Bar Association, Top Lawyers Under 40, 2017
  • Georgia Trend, 40 Under 40, 2017
  • The Daily Report, On the Rise, 2016
  • Atlanta Business Chronicle, 40 Under 40 Rising Leader, 2011