Lance Wade’s practice focuses on criminal defense and complex civil litigation. 

Mr. Wade has represented clients during every stage of the criminal process, including investigations, trials, and appeals.  He has represented public and private corporations, corporate executives, public officials, attorneys, and other individuals in a wide variety of matters, including cases involving allegations of securities fraud, accounting fraud, antitrust crimes, insurance fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, public corruption, false claims, and environmental crimes.  

Representative Individual Representations

• Sitting CEO and Board Member of Fortune 25 Company in DOJ and SEC investigations of alleged securities fraud. 
• Former CEO and Chairman of Fortune 500 technology company indicted for securities fraud. 
• Refinery manager for major oil company charged with numerous environmental offenses. 
• President and co-owner of freight-forwarding company in antitrust investigation. 
• Vice Chairman of international fashion company in public corruption investigation. 
• President and owner of insurance company in insurance fraud investigation. 
• Finance Director of church charged with fraud and embezzlement. 

Representative Corporate Representations

• Multi-billion dollar technology company investigated for securities fraud and related offenses. 
• Multi-billion dollar corporation in international antitrust investigation.
• Multi-billion dollar pension funds in public corruption investigation.
• Fortune 300 public company in SEC insider trading investigation.
• One of world’s largest international engineering companies in public corruption and false claims investigation.
• One of world’s leading pharmaceutical companies in off-label promotion investigation.

Mr. Wade also often defends his criminal clients in parallel civil proceedings, including class actions, derivative actions, Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement actions, and administrative investigations.  Mr. Wade’s civil practice has particularly focused on securities and financial services litigation, as well as professional liability defense.