Firm Overview

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Wade McClure is a long-time Texas trial lawyer that specializes in complex commercial litigation, including business break-up or business divorce cases, minority shareholder oppression cases, real estate investment disputes, and other fraud and fiduciary duty litigations. 

Wade is a seasoned trial lawyer who is one of the few attorneys in the country to be Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of legal specializations,

The National Board of Trial Advocacy, and is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law.

Mr.McClure is a member of the Dallas Bar Foundation, the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Texas Association of Defense Counsel, the American Bar Association, the Cherokee Nation Bar Association, the Texas Bar Foundation, and the State Bar of Texas.

For his high ethical standards and long list of successful results, he holds the highest peer rating possible ofAV Preeminent* from Martindale-Hubbell.

Services 

  • Litigation  

Admissions 

  • State Bar of Texas, 1985
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas
  • Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in Civil Trial Law
  • Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specializations in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law 
  • State Bar of Oklahoma, 1986

Distinctions and Certifications  

  • AV Preeminent, Martindale Hubbell
  • Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters (2003-2007, 2009-2021)
  • Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, Tort: Personal Injury Defense (2012-2021)
  • 28th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA). The LCA is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one percent of American lawyers. Fellows are selected based upon excellence and accomplishments in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation.

Representative Experience 

  • Successfully resolved breach of fiduciary duty cases involving owners of closely held companies where the shareholders were family members.
  • Successfully resolved breach of fiduciary duty cases involving owners of closely held companies where the shareholders were also involved in romantic relationships.
  • Represented corporations and majority shareholders in lawsuits alleging breach of fiduciary duties.
  • Represented minority shareholders lawsuits, arbitration, and disputes against a corporation and its majority shareholders for breach of fiduciary and other duties owned by minority shareholders.
  • Represented companies in arbitration concerning allegations of improper investment offering and suitability issues. 
  • Represented companies in fraud and fraudulent inducement litigation. 
  • Obtained unanimous take-nothing defense jury verdict in a product liability case for a smoke alarm company in an East Texas case involving a fire in a mobile home which resulted in the death of four children and a grandmother.
  • Received a dismissal before trial in a product liability case for a gas odorant product manufacturer in an Oklahoma case involving a fatal gas explosion. 
  • Successfully resolved product liability case in far west Texas involving an explosion and fire at an oil refinery plant. 
  • Successfully tried cases throughout Texas elevator and escalator manufacturer in product liability disputes. 
  • Successfully resolved OSHA investigations and cases for manufacturing clients.
  • Successfully resolved a trade secret disputes involving the alleged theft of a trade secret by a farmer employee of the product manufacturer.
  • Successfully resolved a trade secret disputes involving the design of a new product.

Professional Activities 

  • Texas Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, American Bar Association
  • Texas Bar Foundation and Dallas Bar Foundation
  • Cherokee Nation Bar Association

Publications and Speeches 

  • Co-Author, “Informal Fiduciary Relationships: Can Trust Heighten Duties?”; Dallas Bar Association Headnotes (October 2008)
  • Author, “The Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Provisions” (September, 2008)
  • Presenter, “The Choosing and Courting a Jury Course,” TexasBarCLE (March,2011)