Nikki Adame-Winningham is Climate & Sustainability Lead Counsel within the Environmental & Sustainability Law team of Pfizer’s Legal Division. She provides timely, decision-useful advice regarding sustainability, responsible business growth priorities, and environmental and human rights legal requirements, including mandatory and voluntary disclosures. Nikki joined Pfizer in 2018.

Nikki was previously an associate in the environmental practice groups at Fulbright & Jaworski and Vinson & Elkins in Texas and Lowenstein Sandler in New York and New Jersey.

Nikki has been an active member of NAWL for approximately a decade, including serving on Annual Meeting and General Counsel Institute Host Committees and as the Chair of the 2022 General Counsel Institute, and received NAWL’s Virginia S. Mueller Outstanding Member Award. She previously served as a Latina Commissioner for the Hispanic National Bar Association and as a Fellow for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD). 

Nikki grew up in El Paso, Texas, and now lives in New York. She received her JD, cum laude, from Tulane Law School and her B.S. and M.Eng. in environmental engineering from Cornell University.