About Dennis M. Wade
Dennis M. Wade is a founding partner of Wade Clark Mulcahy.Mr. Wade conducts a diverse defense practice that calls upon his trial and advocacy skills in courts across the country and in international arbitral forums. Mr. Wade focuses his practice on complex commercial and insurance law defense. In this capacity, Mr. Wade is involved in high exposure casualty litigation, complex insurance coverage and errors and omissions and professional liability defense. He is an experienced trial and appellate attorney in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and is a member of the state and federal bars in those jurisdictions, as well as the United States Supreme Court.
Before entering into private practice, Mr. Wade devoted his energies to the investigation and prosecution of organized crime cases as the Deputy Chief of the Rackets Bureau of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. During his six years as an ADA, Mr. Wade prosecuted high-level members of the Gambino and Bonnano crime families, violent felons from gangs such as The Ghost Shadows and Flying Dragons and corrupt public officials.
Education
J.D., Fordham University, 1978, Editor-in-Chief, Moot Court Board
B.A., Hobart College, 1974, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Professional Activities
Mr. Wade frequently lectures on insurance issues and trial practice techniques. He is a faculty member at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York’s Civil Trial Section as well as the Defense Research Institute’s First Party Insurance Committee.Mr. Wade serves as a member of the Tort and Insurance Committees of the American, New York and New Jersey State Bar Associations.
Mr. Wade has appeared as an expert witness on points of American insurance law in the High Court of England and Wales, and has been admitted pro hac vice in various state and federal courts across the country.
Publications
The World After "Pecker": A Case of Unintended Consequences, 236 N.Y.L.J.36 (2006) (co-author withDavid F.Tavella).
No-Prejudice Rule Lives (Apparently), 232 N.Y.L.J. 115 (2004) (co-author with David F. Tavella).
The Emerging Doctrine of Contractual Contribution, 228 N.Y.L.J. 98 (2002) (co-author with David F. Tavella).
Brokers and Agents are not “Professionals”, 226 N.Y.L.J. 52 (2001) (co-author with David F. Tavella).
The Direct Examination of the Lay and Expert Witness, in A Guide to Civil Trials in New York State Supreme Court, (Association of the Bar of the City of New York) (1999).
The Many-Faceted Examination Under Oath, Defense Research Institute (Spring 1999).