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 in the neighborhood in cases involving:

·       Estate litigation 

·       Business litigation

·       Media and advertising 

·       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 from the University of Michigan in 1995. She passed the bar and 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 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, the Fiduciary Law Institute and the Estate Planning Institute. Active in the legal arena, she is a member of the American Bar Association, the Fiduciary Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia and the Litigation Section of the Atlanta Bar Association.

*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.