Wade’s recent experience includes:
General Litigation and Appellate Advocacy
- Represented plaintiff retirees in an ERISA class action against retirement plan trustees, resulting in settlement in excess of $7.6 million
- Obtained two temporary restraining orders against a local business involved in a trade secrets dispute with a Fortune 500 client
- Defended an international corporation against South Carolina antitrust and unfair trade practices claims
- Successfully defended a manufacturer in an action seeking an injunction to block delivery of multi-million dollar equipment
- Drafted a petition for a writ of certiorari before the United States Supreme Court concerning novel issues of federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act
- Successfully represented minority shareholders in an oppression action involving ownership interests in multi-million dollar corporations, resolved in favor of our clients through arbitration
- Successfully represented plaintiff farmer in a week-long jury trial challenging the defendant’s breach of a long-term contract for the purchase of goods
Education
- Obtained dismissal of a lawsuit filed against a college by a donor seeking return of monetary gifts after the college made a strategic decision with which the donor disagreed
- Conducted review of financial aid policies and practices of a public university
- Successfully defended a private college in an action seeking an injunction to block demolition of a college building
- Conducted internal investigation of sexual harassment allegations against a college administrator
- Filed amicus curiae with S.C. Court of Appeals and successfully argued that courts should not interfere in core academic decisions by schools, resulting in reversal of a lower court decision
Governmental Representation
- Successfully defended a South Carolina county before the S.C. Supreme Court in an action challenging the county’s proposed sales tax referendum. The action was brought by the state attorney general and a state agency and involved matters of first impression under the Capital Project Sales Tax Act.
- Defended out-of-state public authority against claims brought under South Carolina and federal environmental laws
- Successfully represented South Carolina county in appeals to the S.C. Court of Appeals and S.C. Supreme Court, seeking invalidation of severance agreement with former county administrator and reversal of trial court opinion
- Represented S.C. Senate in an action before the S.C. Supreme Court, challenging appointment powers of the Governor of South Carolina
