Life Outside the Law
Adam Todd & Adam Florey BY HEATHER G. SOWALD Adam Todd and Adam Florey find they brainstorm and decompress best by picking up one of the acoustic guitars they keep in their offices and jamming together. One often picks up the tune where the other left off. The Adams generally play music from the 60s to the 90s, including the Beatles, Bill Withers, John Prine and Bob Dylan. Adam Todd admits, as a result of pressure from his teenage daughters, to playing Ed Sheeran under protest, as well as other more contemporary pieces. They also occasionally perform at open mic nights around the city.
These two men only met in 2018 when each were ready to combine their law practices. They formed the firm of Florey Todd, LTD. (www.law-flc.com). The Adams quickly discovered that they had many life events in common, including their love of music. Both attorneys remark that they push the other to become better musicians and lawyers. Adam T. admires Adam F.’s ability to focus on unraveling puzzles, whether caserelated or figuring out the guitar. Adam F. raves about Adam T.’s singing, stating with a smile that Adam is one of the “great tenors.” The two men have many similarities. Each one is married and has children, graduated magna cum laude from law school and are similar in age. Even more unexpected, both Adams coach soccer, were Indian Guides and each earned junior certifications in scuba diving as young teens. Despite their similarities, their respective paths to their fourth decade of life have differed.
ADAM TODD
graduated from Pickerington with a guitar from his grandmother in hand and a vocal scholarship to college. He performed in cover bands, often as the lead singer, and sometimes on the keyboard. After earning a business degree at OSU, he worked at Grange Insurance while attending evening law school. He and his wife, Jennifer, whom he met in childhood at 56 | Columbus Bar L aw yers Quarterly Fall 2019