- "Wasn't our country founded on a brand of vigilantism, Mr. Donner? The revolutionaries in the Boston Tea Party were certainly choosing justice over law."
"I'd hardly compare our founding fathers to The Hood, Mr. Mayor, or these twisted copycats who have risen in his wake." - —Altman and Adam Donner[src]
Adam Donner is a former assistant district attorney of Starling City. He worked under the late Kate Spencer, the district attorney and was the late Laurel Lance's ex-boss.
Adam lost his job after attempting to lure out Helena Bertinelli so that; she could be arrested; which led to him being taken as part of a hostage crisis at the courthouse.
Biography[]
Moira Queen's trial[]
During Moira Queen's trial, Adam Donner announced in court that he would be seeking the death penalty against Moira for her involvement in the Undertaking.[1]
Adam took Laurel Lance out to dinner and made romantic advances towards her, but she rebuffed him.[2]
Adam and Laurel met with Moira and her lawyer to offer Moira a plea bargain, which would allow her to avoid the death penalty.[3]
Adam then served as the lead prosecutor in the trial of Moira Queen. Before the trial began, he informed Laurel that he had a "trump card" that will turn the jury against Moira; her affair with Malcolm Merlyn who is the biological father of Thea Queen. While cross-examining Thea, he suddenly collapsed in the courtroom, an unwitting victim of Cecil Adams' newest scheme to spread Vertigo throughout Starling City. He was then kidnapped by Cecil, who forced him to beg, on a live TV broadcast, for another injection of Vertigo to ease his withdrawal symptoms. Adam was later rescued by the Arrow.[4]
Subsequent investigations and dismissal[]
When Laurel looked into Maya Resik's death, Adam refused Laurel's request to investigate Sebastian Blood, saying it would jeopardize his career. After Laurel was arrested for possession of drugs, he told her that charges will not be filed, but fired her from the DA's office.[5]
Several weeks later, Adam reinstated Laurel as an ADA to prosecute Frank Bertinelli. This turned out to be a ruse to lure out Helena Bertinelli so the police could capture her. But this backfired; resulting in a hostage crisis at the courthouse; which was eventually defused; by the Arrow and the Canary. Afterwards, Adam was fired as ADA obviously because he took a plea deal for immunity from prosecution in exchange for being fired from the DA office by those who had the authority to do so since he had to have known Helena would’ve unfortunately taken hostages since she has no problem unfortunately Turing people into casualties in order to unfortunately get to her father.
Kate Spencer stated to Laurel that; Adam did not have the authorization to rehire her; but Laurel was able to parlay her own knowledge of the trap and it's disastrous consequences into keeping her job.[6]
Appearances[]
Arrow[]
Season 2[]
- "City of Heroes"
- "Broken Dolls"
- "Crucible"
- "League of Assassins"
- "State v. Queen"
- "Blast Radius"
- "Blind Spot"
- "Birds of Prey"
References[]
- ↑ "Broken Dolls"
- ↑ "Crucible"
- ↑ "League of Assassins"
- ↑ "State v. Queen"
- ↑ "Blind Spot"
- ↑ "Birds of Prey"