Adele L. Abrams is an attorney and Certified Mine Safety Professional who is president of the Law Office of Adele L. Abrams P.C., with offices in Beltsville, MD, Denver, CO, and Charleston, WV. The firm represents employers in OSHA and MSHA litigation nationwide. Along with the firm’s other safety and health professionals, Adele and her firm colleagues also provide consultation, safety audits and training services to companies in a variety of industries, through the Law Office’s consulting division, Abrams Safety & Health Consulting.
Adele is a member of the Maryland, DC and PA Bars; the U.S. District Courts of Maryland, DC, and TN; the U.S. Court of Appeals, DC Circuit 3rd Circuit, and 4th Circuit; and the United States Supreme Court. She is a graduate of the George Washington University’s National Law Center (JD degree), received a Graduate Certificate in Public Relations from American University, and earned her B.S. in Journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park. She serves on the adjunct faculty of the Catholic University of America, where she teaches on employment, labor and occupational safety law.
She is an active member of the National Safety Council, where she was awarded the Distinguished Service to Safety Award (DSSA) in 2017. She also chairs the Business & Industry Division’s committee on Regulatory, Standards and Legal Affairs, and was an initial co-chair of the NSC’s Women’s Caucus. She serves on the NSC Board of Delegates nationally, and is also a member of the Chesapeake Region Safety Council’s Executive Committee. She is a professional member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, and is a multiple recipient of the ASSE Safety Professional of the Year Award at the chapter, regional and practice specialty level. Adele is also the co-author of several textbooks on occupational and mine safety and health.
