Adina Hemley-Bronstein

Adina represents clients in complex, high-stakes disputes through all stages of litigation and arbitration. She also maintains an active pro bono practice.

Before joining Cooley, Adina clerked for Judge Nancy Torresen of the US District Court for the District of Maine.

She also practiced as a litigator in the New York office of an international law firm, where she represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a range of matters, including complex breach of contract, fraud, securities and litigation under federal antiterrorism law. In her pro bono practice, she successfully appealed a client’s state criminal conviction based on the improper use of rap lyrics as evidence against him, petitioned the denial of a client’s request for asylum to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and helped formerly incarcerated clients overcome barriers to reentry. At her previous firm, Adina also held leadership positions on the associates committee and pro bono committee.

While attending Yale Law School, Adina represented clients through the Peter Gruber Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic and completed an internship at Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts. She also served as a teaching assistant in an advanced legal writing seminar and completed a complex commercial litigation course taught by a federal judge. Before law school, Adina worked at the Bar Association of San Francisco, where she coordinated pro bono legal representation for individuals facing deportation.