Wade Fulford

Experience

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  Rocap Witchger & Threlkeld

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  Attorney

  ▪ Represented clients in the areas of insurance defense, business transactions, real estate, and worker’s compensation litigation. ▪ Managed and was responsible for a caseload exceeding 70 lawsuits from pre-suit negotiations through appeal; 2nd chaired 2 jury trials to defense verdicts in automobile liability cases.

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  Locke Reynolds LLP

  Feb 2000 - Aug 2006

  Senior Associate

  ▪ Performed litigation for large insurance companies and Fortune 500 corporations focusing in the areas of complex multiparty toxic exposure cases involving asbestos, silica, and mold. The caseload in this position exceeded 100 case files. ▪ Developed significant experience with premises liability, products liability, transactional, contract, real estate, foreclosure, environmental and insurance defense litigation for large commercial retailers. ▪ Implemented and updated a system for handling complex and voluminous amounts of electronic discovery materials and trial exhibits for Fortune 500 corporations. Show less

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  Schuckit & Associates

  Aug 2006 - Aug 2008

  Legal counsel

  ▪ Managed and litigated complex federal multidistrict Credit Reporting Agency (CRA) lawsuits regulated by the FCRA throughout the United States with a caseload exceeding 50 active files. ▪ Developed global clients in the areas of trademark enforcement, licensing and real estate transactions. ▪ In charge of all aspects of case management, litigation, and appeals, including complex electronic discovery production and legal analysis for Fortune 500 corporations.

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  Dale & Eke P.C.

  Sept 2008 - Nov 2010

  Attorney

  ▪ Focused on complex contract, commercial transactions, real estate, probate, business, employment, insurance defense, bankruptcy, and collection law issues. ▪ Handled all aspects of case preparation and litigation: drafting pleadings, researching legal issues, propounding/responding to discovery, attending depositions, mediations, hearings, trials, preparing appeals. ▪ Successfully litigated to verdict and settled more than 40 property claim lawsuits throughout Indiana for a large energy holding corporation. Show less

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  Office of the Indiana Attorney General

  Dec 2010 - Oct 2011

  Deputy Attorney General

  Aggressively represent numerous Indiana government clients in administrative, regulatory, compliance, and constitutional claims. Effectively handle complex civil litigation in federal and state courts, including class actions, injunctions, judicial reviews, electronic discovery requests and others.Gaining critical experience in tobacco litigation, election law, securities, public health, insurance, professional licensing, Medicaid, and handling high-profile cases with close media coverage. Show less

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  Indiana Department of Insurance

  Oct 2011 - May 2018

  Deputy General Counsel

  • Directed the Medical Malpractice Division, including the defense of all petitions for excess damages for the Indiana Patient’s Compensation Fund and oversight for the Indiana Residual Malpractice Insurance Authority, exceeding 200 active claims. Managed outside counsel litigation with multiple law firms, including the defense of large class action type claims related to medical claims and insurance coverage. During 2015, successfully completed 179 medical malpractice claims totaling in excess of $121 million in compensation. Reduced payout average total by $25 million. For 2016, reduced the total fund payout by $19 million over the prior year. Oversaw the defense of over 1300 claims for total compensation exceeding $850 million. • Directs major IDOI litigation, manages outside counsel and advises the IDOI on legal matters involving the regulation of insurance, health care legislation, rulemaking, market conduct litigation, Form A law, managed care, contracting, ACA, Medicare, Medicaid, HIPAA, ERISA, False Claims Act, False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, subrogation, fraud & abuse law, privacy laws, employment law, cybersecurity and public records issues. • Department advisor regarding agency document requests covered by APRA, FOIA, HIPAA, FCRA, GLBA, FTC Act including federal/state data protection laws.• Serves as Administrative Law Judge for the IDOI on regulatory matters and representation for market conduct examinations, insurance rate requests and enforcement actions of Indiana domestic insurance companies. Show less

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  Lewis Wagner, LLP

  Jun 2018 - now

  Focusing my practice on business litigation, civil litigation, insurance regulation, governmental defense, healthcare, medical malpractice, contracts, insurance defense, employment disputes, general tort liability, toxic tort exposures, premises liability, real estate, as well as environmental and regulatory compliance disputes. Utilizing my prior extensive medical malpractice claim and civil litigation experience I will be serving as a mediator in these areas.

  • Partner at Lewis Wagner LLP

    Jan 2020 - now

  • Senior Counsel

    Jun 2018 - Jan 2020