Nicole Wade practices civil litigation, with an emphasis on fiduciary litigation, trust and estate litigation, and general commercial litigation.

Ms. Wade represents financial institutions and individuals in a wide range of fiduciary litigation, including breach of fiduciary duty actions, fraud claims, will caveats, will and trust construction cases, competency claims, actions for removal of trustees and executors, and contested guardianship hearings. She regularly represents financial institutions, including several national banks listed in the Fortune 500, in connection with fiduciary and trust litigation, and she has managed fiduciary cases through trial and the appellate process. Ms. Wade has served as a speaker and panelist on fiduciary litigation issues at the Fiduciary Law Institute, the Estate Planning Institute, and the fiduciary litigation seminar sponsored by ALI-ABA. She frequently teaches seminars for institutional fiduciaries on preventing and managing fiduciary litigation.

Ms. Wade also has experience litigating a wide variety of general commercial and tort cases including class actions. She has represented corporations and individuals in simple breach of contract cases, as well as more complex cases involving claims of malicious prosecution, Section 1983 violations of Constitutional rights, and federal and state RICO violations.  She also has worked with both plaintiffs and defendants in several high-profile First Amendment cases and appeals.  

Ms. Wade has been involved in jury trials and bench trials in various state and federal courts. She has resolved numerous cases through alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation. Ms. Wade also has a significant appellate practice. She has handled appeals in state and federal appellate courts at every level, and she has successfully argued appeals in both the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Georgia Supreme Court.