Practice Areas
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With over 25 years of experience, including positions as in-house counsel at a Denver-based REIT and at the country’s second-largest privately held corporation, Wade concentrates his practice on commercial real estate transactions of all types, including leases and amendments for landlords and tenants; purchases and sales from contract through closing; loan documents and financing arrangements; construction contracts; title, survey, and due diligence evaluations; boundary, access, and easement issues; development, land use, and zoning concerns; lien rights; and real estate regulatory compliance.
- Juris Doctor: University of Illinois College of Law, 1992
- Head Teaching Assistant and Instructor of Business Law, College of Commerce and Business Administration; 1990-92
- Bachelor of Arts (Political Science/Business): University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1989
- NAIOP Commercial Development Association, Membership Committee Chair
- American Bar Association, Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law
- Colorado Bar Association, Real Estate and Energy and Natural Resources Sections
- Denver Bar Association
- NAIOP Colorado Chapter, Member of the Year, 2014
- NAIOP Colorado Chapter, Economic Forecaster of the Year, 2014
- Colorado Mortgage Lenders Association, Barbara S. Jacob Award, 2011
- President, Delta Upsilon Fraternity, University of Illinois, 1989
- Mortar Board Senior Honorary, University of Illinois, 1989
- Senior 100, University of Illinois, 1989
- Sachem Junior Honorary, University of Illinois, 1988
- Atius Sophomore Honorary, University of Illinois, 1987
- Eagle Scout, B.S.A., 1985
Publications and Speaking Engagements
How Does the Dodd-Frank Act Affect Commercial Lending?, Colorado Real Estate Journal, September, 2011
Medical Marijuana: Leasing Issues from a Commercial Landlord Perspective, Colorado Real Estate Journal, March, 2011
Landlords and Tenants Increasingly Turn to Submetering, Colorado Real Estate Journal, September 3, 2008.
Community Involvement
- National Sports Center for the Disabled, Volunteer Ski Instructor, 2006 – Present
- Rock Valley Kiwanis Club President, 1997
Professional Experience
- Darling Milligan Horowitz (June 2014 – September 2015)
- The Nelson Law Firm (December 2011 – June 2014)
- Franke Greenhouse List & Lippitt, LLP (November 2006 – September 2011)
- Fisher Sweetbaum Levin & Sands, P.C. (October 2004 – November 2006)
- Kissinger & Fellman, P.C. (January 2002 – September 2004)
- Arc Holdings, LLP (March 2000 – November 2001)
- Koch Industries, INC. (March 1997 – February 2000)
- Hinshaw & Culbertson (June 1992 – February 1997)