Barbara Adams (born November 17, 1951) was appointed General counsel of Pennsylvania on June 1, 2005 by Governor Edward G. Rendell, a post she held until January 17, 2011.The Pennsylvania Manual, Vol 120 Section 4: Executive: Elected Offices; accessed October 29, 2012
Adams was born in Hutchinson, Kansas on November 17, 1951.The Pennsylvania Manual, Vol 119, Section 4: Executive: Elected Offices; accessed 2012-10-29. Sh was raised in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and had been a partner with Duane Morris LLP in Philadelphia from 1986, a firm she joined originally as a summer associate in 1977.Duane Morris Finance Chair Barbara Adams Appointed Pennsylvania's General Counsel, April 21, 2005
Adams graduated from Temple University School of Law in 1978 and previously from Smith College.GOVERNOR RENDELL NAMES BARBARA ADAMS GENERAL COUNSEL TO THE COMMONWEALTH, April 2005
References
External links Office of General Counsel, Pennsylvania website