Nicole Jennings Wade

Nicole Jennings Wade is a co-founder of Wade, Grunberg & Wilson, LLC, located in Atlanta, Georgia, and Nashville, Tennessee. She works out of the Atlanta office, representing clients primarily in cases involving:

·       Trust & Estate litigation 

·       Business litigation

·       Fiduciary law

·       Defamation 

After completing her bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from Vanderbilt University in 1992, Ms. Wade went on to earn her Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School in 1995. She was admitted to practice in Georgia the same year. Her other court admissions include the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th and 11th Circuits, the U.S. District Court for the Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Ms. Wade spent the first 20 years of her career with a national law firm prior to moving to a litigation boutique in 2015. In 2020, she and her current partners founded WGW, a firm where they can provide the highest quality legal services to their clients while still enjoying the practice of law.

Ms. Wade is AV Preeminent peer-review rated,* the highest rating, through Martindale-Hubbell. Well respected in the legal community, she is recognized as a knowledgeable and dedicated lawyer among both clients and fellow attorneys. She has been included in The Best Lawyers in America publication, and the American Registry has listed her on its Top 1% of America's Most Honored Professionals list. 

Throughout her legal career, which spans almost three decades, Ms. Wade has represented individuals and businesses across the U.S. She has more than 20 years of extensive experience in fiduciary litigation and has handled several high-profile defamation cases against CNN, CBS and The Washington Post, among others. 

Ms. Wade has served as a frequent guest speaker at seminars for institutional fiduciaries, including the Fiduciary Law Institute and the Estate Planning Institute. She is a member of the Fiduciary Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia and the Litigation Section of the Atlanta Bar Association. She recently served on the Board, including as board chair, for the Partnership Against Domestic Violence in Atlanta.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.