Adam Bonin, 35, is an attorney in private practice in his native Philadelphia. A participant in online communities since the mid-1980s, Adam represents this site in legal and regulatory matters, and in that capacity achieved a major victory before the Federal Election Commission in 2006, securing significant new rights for speakers on the Internet to engage in online political speech and advocacy. He contributes stories to the front page dealing with campaign finance matters and legal issues generally.

Adam is a graduate of Amherst College and The University of Chicago Law School, where he took two seminars with the man he hopes will be the next President of the United States, and lives in Philadelphia with his wife Jennifer, daughter Lucy and rat terrier Wendell. Adam is a member of the board of directors of the Philadelphia Committee to END Homelessness, a nonprofit organization dedicated to placing homeless and at-risk families in stable housing they can call their own.

In his spare time, he blogs about pop culture and miscellany at A List of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago, and believes that this is finally the year in which a Philadelphia sports team wins a championship again.