Richard Wade

Practice Areas: Wrongful death, personal injury, construction and job-site accidents, Jones Act claims and maritime injuries; personal injury protection (PIP) claims, motor vehicle accidents, slip and fall, premise liability, dog bites, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, boating accidents and all catastrophic injuries.

Licensure: Florida, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Tennessee.

Admissions: United States Supreme Court, March 2004; Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Oct. 1999; U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Feb. 2009; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Aug. 2005; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, May 1999.

Membership: The Florida Bar and the American College of Legal Medicine

Honors & Activities:A.V. Rated, Alumni Instructor, Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Trial Advocacy LLM Program, February 2009; Medical Protective Insurance Company, Risk Management CME Series, Handling the Difficult and Non-Compliant Patient, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, April 2009; Grand Rounds Presentation, AAOS Standards of Professionalism and Guidelines for Expert Witness Testimony, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, April 2009; Frequent Lecturer, Physician Employment Agreements and Credentialing, Grand Rounds, The University of Missouri School of Medicine, Dept. of Fellow and Resident Education, 2003-08; Adjunct Professor, Paralegal Studies, Southwest Tennessee Community College, Memphis, Tennessee 1999 - 2003; Arbitration Panel, Memphis Bar Association Fee Dispute Committee, 2002-03; Board of Directors, Memphis Bar Association Young Lawyers' Division, 2001-03; Awarded Certificate of Achievement by University of Memphis School of Law for Outstanding Service to the Elderly and Disabled, 1999 and American Jurisprudence Award, Juvenile Advocacy Clinic, Spring 1999.