Matthew Wade
FOCUS OF PRACTICE
- Personal Injury
- Products Liability
- Insurance Litigation
- Nursing Home Negligence
- Automobile and Trucking Accidents
- Wrongful Death
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Joined Abel Law Firm, 2014
- Senior Trial Attorney with Angela D. Ailles & Associates, In-House Counsel for State Farm Insurance Companies, 2007-2014
- Associate with Nash, Cohenour, Kelley & Giessmann, 2006-2007
- Associate with the Law Offices of Daniel M. Davis, 2005-2006
- Intern, DeBee Gilchrist, 2003-2005
- Intern, Oklahoma County Public Defender, 2003
- Admitted to practice in: All Oklahoma trial and appellate courts, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
AFFILIATIONS AND HONORS
- Oklahoma Bar Association, Member
- Oklahoma Bar Association Insurance Law Section, Liaison to the Section Leaders Council
- Oklahoma Bar Association Law School Committee, Member
- Oklahoma County Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- Oklahoma Association for Justice, Member
- American Association for Justice, Member
- Meritorious Christian Service Award, Oklahoma City University School of Law
- Outstanding Pupil, Holloway American Inn of Court
EDUCATION
- Juris Doctor Degree, University of Oklahoma College of Law, 2005
- Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, Oklahoma Christian University, 1999
- Studied at Oklahoma Christian University in Vienna, Austria, 1998
