Ms. Adams graduated from Millersville University, cum laude.  She then received her J.D. from Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg in 1997, where she graduated cum laude and was ranked 4th in her class.  Ms. Adams then served as a law clerk for the Honorable James P. Cullen in the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas. 

In 1998, Ms. Adams accepted a position as an Assistant District Attorney for the York County District Attorney's Office where she was responsible for all phases of prosecution.  Ms. Adams was then assigned to the Narcotics Unit where she gained valuable experience prosecuting felony drug crimes and drug related homicides. 

In 2002, Ms. Adams accepted a position with the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office in the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section.  Shortly afterwards, Ms. Adams was transferred to the Drug Strike Force Section where she was responsible for felony drug and narcotics investigations and prosecutions in a nine county area.  As a Senior Deputy Attorney General with that section, Ms. Adams has had extensive experience withe the Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act and the Statewide Investigating Grand Jury. Ms. Adams has had approxiamately sixty-five jury trials throughout her career.