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    Wade Suthard

    Wade Suthard, P.C.

    Wade Suthard is a car accidents, trucking accidents and medical malpractice trial lawyer with Wade Suthard, P.C. in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Admitted in New Jersey and Pennsylvania; J.D., Widener University School of Law (1990).

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    Meet Wade

    Contact

    (908) 353-8315
    7 Broad Street
    Suite 200
    Elizabeth, New Jersey 07201

    Wade Suthard runs Wade Suthard, P.C., a personal injury practice in Elizabeth, New Jersey. A trial lawyer since 1992, he handles auto and truck crash, medical malpractice, slip and fall and negligent security cases, and is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney.

    Suthard earned a business administration degree from Villanova University in 1987 and his law degree from Widener University School of Law in 1990, then clerked for two years in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. He handled serious injury litigation at Klovsky, Kuby and Harris in Philadelphia, became a founding partner of Rispoli, Borneo & Suthard in 2000 and opened his own practice in 2011. He is admitted in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

    He is active in the New Jersey Association for Justice, where he has served on the Board of Governors and co-chaired its auto committee, and in the American Association for Justice, where he has been vice chair of the motor vehicle collision, highway and premises liability section. Results on his firm’s site include a $1 million settlement in a shoulder dystocia birth injury case, which brought him into the Million Dollar Advocates Forum in 2009.

    Experience and Expertise

    Qualifications

    Timeline

    • Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2010
    • J.D., Widener University School of Law, 1990
    • B.S., Business Administration, Villanova University, 1987
    • Admitted, New Jersey
    • Admitted, Pennsylvania
    • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
    • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

    Practice Areas

    Car Accidents
    30%
    Trucking Accidents
    20%
    Medical Malpractice
    20%
    Premises Liability
    20%
    Personal Injury
    10%
    • American Association for Justice (Vice Chair, Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway, and Premises Liability Section)
    • AAJ Trucking Litigation Group (Executive Board, 2014-2018)
    • New Jersey Association for Justice (Board of Governors; Co-Chair, Auto Committee)
    • American Bar Association
    • New Jersey State Bar Association
    • Bucks County Bar Association
    • Million Dollar Advocates Forum
    • New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2011-2020
    • The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers (New Jersey)
    • Million Dollar Advocates Forum, inducted 2009
    • $1 Million Settlement: Confidential settlement in a shoulder dystocia birth injury case.
    • $950,000 Settlement: Third-party and underinsured motorist auto claim involving deep vein thrombosis.
    • $500,000 Verdict: Jury verdict in a bulging disc auto case in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
    • $350,000 Settlement: Commercial vehicle crash causing serious orthopedic injuries.
    • $250,000 Settlement: Negligent security claim against a bar in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
    • $250,000 Verdict: Jury verdict in an auto case involving arthroscopic shoulder surgery in Union County, New Jersey.
    • $187,000 Verdict: Jury verdict in a slip and fall case involving a ruptured biceps tendon in Hudson County, New Jersey.

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