Adam Gershowitz received his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Delaware. He then earned his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif, won the Roger and Madeleine Traynor Prize for best paper by a graduating student, and served as the Articles Development Editor of the Virginia Law Review. After law school, Professor Gershowitz served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert B. King of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and worked as a litigation associate at Covington & Burling. Prior to joining William & Mary, Professor Gershowitz taught at the University of Houston Law Center and South Texas College of Law.

Professor Gershowitz has won ten teaching awards, including the Professor of the Year prize at three different law schools. At William & Mary, he has been honored with the McGlothlin Teaching Award, the Walter L. Williams, Jr. Memorial Teaching Award, and the 1L Professor of the Year. Previously, he was awarded the All University Teaching Award at the University of Houston. Outside of the classroom, Professor Gershowitz has been quoted in hundreds of media stories, including in N.Y. Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, L.A Times, and NPR.

Professor Gershowitz is the author of more than three dozen scholarly articles. The College of William & Mary recognized Professor Gershowitz's research with a Plumeri Award for Faculty Excellence in 2015. The Supreme Court cited his amicus brief in its ruling in Riley v. California, which forbid warrantless cell phone searches.

Professor Gershowitz served as the Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development from 2015 to 2019.