[1][needs update] Adam Dread graduated from Palm Beach Academy and Vanderbilt University with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

[2][3][4] Adam Dread was elected to the Metro Council of Nashville and Davidson County in December 2002.

Since 1999, he has worked as a freelance consultant and corporate spokesman for numerous clients including Jack Daniels and Fruit of the Loom.

Prior to his terms on the Metro Council he served on the Boards of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, The Community Resource Center (CRC), and The Belcourt Theatre.

When the Legislature passed a law allowing people with carry permits to take their handguns into bars, Dread, and a team of lawyers, sued the State of Tennessee.

In addition to the public safety and economic arguments, the team argued that the law was unconstitutional on its face, and created an unsafe work environment, thus violating OSHA standards.

[9] In September 2009, Dread joined Brady Campaign President, Paul Helmke, in a debate with National Rifle Association (NRA) lobbyists at the University of Tennessee at Martin campus.