SAVE THE DATE

December 2-3, 2025

The Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square

This year, the Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada (ADC) will welcome over 300 defense attorneys, mediators, and judges to its 2026 Annual Meeting. This event brings together representatives from across the California legal community to discuss various topics and gain insights into legal best practices, emerging technologies, and experience from subject matter experts. The 2026 Annual Meeting will be held on December 2-3, 2026, in San Francisco, CA, at The Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square. We hope to see you there!

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Keynote Speaker

Steve Adami 

Executive Director, The Way Out

About:

On March 29, 2024, Steve Adami was granted a pardon by Governor Gavin Newsom. After spending over two decades in and out of jails and prison, his life changed. Adami’s recovery and transformation started in a pair of handcuffs. After being released from prison in 2010, he earned a Master's Degree in Public Administration (Public Policy/Criminal Justice); was inducted into Pi Alpha Alpha, a National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration; and received the Barbara Jordan Award for Academic Excellence. In 2014 Adami was hired by the San Francisco Adult Probation Department and was eventually appointed the Director of the Reentry Division. In this role he managed San Francisco's Reentry Council and designed and implemented a portfolio of 23 million dollars of reentry and recovery services.

In May 2023, Adami was appointed the Executive Director of The Way Out, a recovery-focused homeless initiative of The Salvation Army, where his professional goals are to create opportunities for those who have been marginalized by the juvenile or criminal justice system by designing robust prisoner reentry programs, community-based alternatives to incarceration, and residential treatment centers for those whom the consequences of addiction, alcoholism, and incarceration has impeded their ability to succeed.