Biography
David Wade is a lifelong Memphian whose practice centers on litigation and administrative law. His matters include accountants' defense, federal enforcement actions, construction and land use disputes, banking, environmental, securities, criminal, and general business and contract cases. As a certified mediator, he is often chosen by parties in federal and state cases to help resolve pending disputes, and he teaches Alternative Dispute Resolution and negotiation at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis.
Mr. Wade became a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 1995 and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for fifteen years. He has served as president of the Memphis Bar Association and the Leo Bearman, Sr. Chapter of the American Inns of Court, chaired the City of Memphis Civil Service Commission, and currently co-chairs the Tennessee Supreme Court Civil Rules Commission.
He began as a law clerk for Judge Robert K. Dwyer, then worked with the Memphis City Attorney's Office and as a trial Assistant District Attorney General before joining Martin, Tate, Morrow & Marston, P.C., in 1977. He is married with five children.