Adam was born in the Cleveland area and graduated from Twinsburg High School in 1999. Adam graduated from Kent State University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music. Adam received his Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing Michigan. Adam was elected as Editor-in-Chief of the Thomas M. Cooley Journal of Practical and Clinical Law and served as a legislative Aid to the Honorable State Senator Michael Switalski.