- For other people with the same or similar first name, see: Joe (disambiguation).
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| Introduced | Caprica pilot | |
| Death | Within 20 years prior to the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, based on Romo Lampkin's assumed age and apprenticeship | |
| Parents | William Adama (father) † Mother also deceased | |
| Siblings | Sam Adama | |
| Children | Tamara Adama William Adama | |
| Marital Status | Widower of Shannon Adama | |
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| Role | Civil liberties attorney | |
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| Portrayed by | Esai Morales | |
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Joseph Adama, Attorney At Law (a.k.a. Joseph Adams) is a notorious civil liberties lawyer on Caprica who works as a mob lawyer for the Tauron-based criminal organization Ha'la'tha nearly 60 years before the Fall.
Biography[edit]
Background[edit]
Adama was originally from Tauron and emigrated to Caprica after he and his brother Sam were orphaned during the Tauron Civil War. He later assumed the more Caprican sounding surname "Adams" and changed the pronunciation of his first name from the proper Tauron pronunciation of Iusif or "yu-SEEF" (IPA: ju'sif) due to Caprican prejudice against Taurons. Growing up in a Caprican orphanage, Joseph became an influential defense attorney with ties to the Ha'la'tha, an organized crime underworld, as a result of having his education paid for by them.
Adama is the husband of Shannon, with whom he fathers two children: Tamara and William, Fifty-eight years before the Fall, his wife and daughter are killed in Ben Stark's suicide bombing of the Lev in Caprica City. Soon after, Adama reverts back to using his original family name (CAP: "Pilot"). During this period, Adama and his family resided in an apartment, 615 Olympic #3, in Caprica City ("There Is Another Sky").
Development of the Cylons[edit]
Adama bonds with Daniel Graystone, a wealthy computer engineer whose daughter, Zoe Graystone, is also killed in the same suicide bombing aboard the Lev. Adama reluctantly agrees to help Daniel create digitized versions (holographic avatars) of their daughters, using code created by Zoe to create a perfect copy. later, by stealing the meta-cognitive processor technology from Tauron technology developer Tomas Vergis. After Graystone creates an avatar of Tamara, Adama sees "her" in the virtual world of the holoband, only to be appalled and disgusted by the technology after discovering that the Tamara there is distraught over not feeling alive. Extracting himself from the holoband, he voices his belief that Graystone is insane and that trying to bring back the dead via technology was unnatural (CAP: "Pilot").
Graystone later lost contact with the Tamara avatar right when Adama wanted to see her again. A disappointed Adama then asked his brother, Sam, to kill Graystone's wife in revenge, on the grounds that Adama lost his wife and daughter, while Graystone only lost his daughter: a potential terrorist (CAP: "The Reins of a Waterfall").
The Notorious Lawyer[edit]
Adama believed that law was a way of exorcising everyone's demons, a belief that lead him to defend "the worst of the worst." Lee Adama remembered reading about how Joseph let "murderers go free," though never understanding why Joseph put himself through the abuse. In a discussion with Lampkin, it is revealed to Lee that Adama sought to understand the motivations that cause people to cheat, why people reward their enemies, go to war, and why people build machines to correct their flaws and shortcomings (TRS: "The Son Also Rises"). Lee apparently remains ignorant to Joseph Adama's connections to the Ha'la'tha, while it is uncertain whether Lampkin knew of the connection.
Adama always carried a silver lighter during his cases; he considered it good luck, and claimed he only lost a case when he left it at home. He later gave it to his son William, who, after the holocaust, loaned it to his own son as a token of luck for a crucial mission, which was returned to him after the mission's success (TRS: "The Hand of God").
Before going to trial, Adama would always break pencils before entering the courtroom as a reminder to "break preconceptions" and "work with what you had." He would then ask to borrow a pencil from the clerk. Adama's son recounted this ritual to Laura Roslin before her upcoming Presidential debate, leading her to try it herself (TRS: "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I").
Legacies[edit]
After the Fall, his son William Adama (commander of Galactica) remarked that he thought Adama was a better father than he ever was to his own children (TRS: "The Hand of God)"]].. Adama's grandson, Lee Adama, would repeatedly visit the elder Adama during his youth, sneaking a peek at Joseph's various law books (TRS: "A Day in the Life"). Joseph would repeatedly wave Lee over, telling him "Lee, be a good boy. Just don't be too good." (TRS: "The Son Also Rises")
During his tenure, defense attorney Romo Lampkin was one of Adama's students, likely meeting him while working in one of Caprica's civil litigation offices. Though Lampkin claims to have hated the man "because he was right" about the law, Lampkin also admits to learning everything he knows about the law from Adama, and even carries a worn copy of Law and Mind: The Psychology of Legal Practice with him. After first meeting Lee Adama, Lampkin claims that he looked like his grandfather (TRS: "The Son Also Rises"). Another book written by Adama is Trial Tactics and Strategies (TRS: "Crossroads, Part I").
Family tree[edit]