Leah K. Adams - a Biloxi, Mississippi (MS) Lawyer

Updated: 05/11/2026

Attorney Information

Overview

Leah K. Adams is an Associate Attorney with Byrd & Wiser, the premiere business/commercial law and litigation firm serving the Mississippi Gulf Coast and surrounding areas. On July 2, 1979, Ms. Adams was born in Escondido, California. She grew up in Southern California and then Virginia Beach, Virginia, where graduated from Tallwood High School in 1997.

In 2003, Ms. Adams attended Ventura College of Law/Colleges of Law, Ventura, California. Throughout law school, she worked retail at Things From Heaven, from 2003 to 2005; for Robert L. McCord at Taylor, McCord, Praver, and Cherry, and thereafter clerked for Judge Vince O’Neill, Judge David Long, Judge Jeanne Flaherty, and Judge Barry Klopfer, Ventura County Superior Court, and at the Ventura City Attorney’s Office in California. Her extracurricular activities included being a liaison between the law school and distributing donations to Project Understanding and Toys for Tots. In 2007, she received her Doctor of Jurisprudence from Ventura College of Law/Colleges of Law.

From 2015 to 2018, she attended Colorado University Boulder where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science. While attending Colorado University Boulder, she worked at Estes Valley Crisis Advocates as a volunteer and paid advocate to July 2017, contemporaneously with service industry jobs.

In 2021, Ms. Adams supplemented her legal studies at Mississippi College School of Law. While in law school, she clerked for the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, Office of Public Defender, Parent’s Defense Program; Judge Debra Gibbs, 2nd Circuit Court District, Hinds County, Mississippi; and Judge Margaret Carey-McCray, 4th Circuit Court District, Mississippi. In 2024, she earned her Doctor of Jurisprudence from Mississippi College School of Law.

Ms. Adams is licensed to practice law at all Mississippi state and federal courts, Mississippi Supreme Court, and the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior experience includes employment with Superior National Insurance, Calabasas, California, providing evidence on delinquent insureds for in-house and six collection agencies from 1999 to 2001; from 2002 to 2013, working as a legal secretary and/or paralegal for civil litigation attorneys in the public and private sector; and project-based clerking for Judge Vince O’Neill from 2005 to 2010. From October 2024 to October 2025, she clerked for Judge Debra Watlington, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands Superior Court.

Ms. Adams started work for Byrd & Wiser on November 3, 2025. Since then, Ms. Adams applies transferable knowledge from previous employment and is acquiring priceless experience in several areas of law, including but not limited to, bankruptcy, creditor’s rights, residential and commercial real estate litigation, business service litigation, and construction litigation. She has appeared before Mississippi judges, with favorable outcomes for her clients.

Ms. Adams is a member of the Harrison County Bar Association and Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference. She resides in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, and likes sports such as exercising at the gym, hiking, roller skating, biking, and watching the Dodgers win.

Education

Legal Education
- Ventura College of Law, Ventura, California, 2007
  J.D.
  Honors: Co-Recipient of Advanced Legal Writing Award – 2005
  Honors: Pepperdine Straus Dispute Resolution, scholarship recipient to attend mediation certification, Certified Mediator – 2006
  Honors: Student Bar Association, Co-President – 2005 to 2006
  Honors: Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, O’Connor Senate, Treasurer – 2004 to 2006
  Honors: Rank 6:31
- Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi, 2024
  J.D.
Non Legal Education
- Ventura Community College, Ventura, California, 2003
  Associates of Liberal Arts
  Honors: Dean’s List
- University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, 2018
  B.A.
  Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate at Byrd & Wiser Attorneys at Law

Past Positions

Support for California public and private sector attorneys – 1999 to 2013
Judicial Law Clerk for judges in California, Colorado, Mississippi – 2005 to 2024
Certified Student Law Clerk, Ventura City Attorney’s Office – February 2006 to November 2006
Law Clerk for Judge Debra Watlington, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands Superior Court – October 2024 to October 2025

Bar Admissions

Mississippi, 2024
U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 2024
U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 2024
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2024

Other Affiliations

American Bar Association, Member – 2024 to Present
Mississippi Bar Association, Member – 2024 to Present
Harrison County Bar Association, Member – 2025 to Present
Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, Member – 2025 to Present
International Right-of-Way Association – 2008 to 2009

Fraternities and Sororities

Delta Theta Phi

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Biloxi, MS

145 Main Street
P.O. Box 1939
Biloxi, MS 39530

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Phone: 228-300-4363

Fax: 228-432-7029

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Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm

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