Wade E. Byrd
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 50 years of experience
Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Car Accidents, Nursing Home Abuse, Wrongful Death, SSDI
232 Person Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301
About Wade E. Byrd
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Medical Malpractice
- Car Accidents
- Nursing Home Abuse
- Wrongful Death
- SSDI
Education
- Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1973J.D.
- Honors: Justice Moot Court, 1972-73
- Honors: Instructor, 1st Year Bibliography-Appellate Brief Writing & Argument, 1972
- Methodist College, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1970B.A.
- Major: Political Science
Classes and Seminars
- Dealing With Juries: To Use or Not To Use an Expert and Alternatives to Hiring an Expert, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1989
- Program Chair, Insurance Law, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1990
- Advanced Personal Injury Law: Demonstrative Evidence, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1990
- Practical Trial Skills: Making the Most of Exhibits in Civil and Criminal Cases, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1990
- Professional Negligence: Discovery and Proof of the Applicable Standard of Care, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1990
- Practical Trial Skills, Making the Most of Exhibits in Civil and Criminal Cases, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1991
- Damages: Economics of Catastrophic Injuries, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1991
- Personal Injury Law: THE SLAM DUNK: Winning Opening Statements, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1992
- Practical Trial Skills: Making the Most of Exhibits in Civil and Criminal Cases, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1992
- Trial Advocacy Clinic: GENERAL SESSION: Exhibits and Demonstrative Evidence, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1992
- Program Chair, Two Hot Topics: Punitive Damages in NC and Winning at Mediation, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1993
- Practical Trial Skills: Making the Most of Exhibits in Civil and Criminal Cases, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1993
- Expert Witnesses: Medical Witnesses in Medical Malpractice Cases, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1993
- Alternative Dispute Resolution: Simulated Mediation of a Products Liability Case, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1995
- Wrongful Death: Closing Argument: For the Plaintiff, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1995
- Litigating and Recovering Punitive Damages: Shouldering the New Burdens of Proof to Obtain Punitives, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1995
- National College of Advocacy: Dynamic Demonstrative Evidence, American Association for Justice, February 9, 1996
- Seminar Speaker: All-Star Trial of a Civil Case, North Carolina Bar Foundation, March 29, 1996
- Medical Malpractice: Pre-Screening and Case Selections: Which Frogs are Really Princes?, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1996
- The People's Choice Seminar: Winning Wrongful Death Closing Arguments, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1996
- 32nd Annual Convention: Jury Selection Demonstration; Send-Off Address as Incoming President, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1996
- National College of Advocacy: Dynamic Demonstrative Evidence, Association of Trail Lawyers of America, February 7, 1997
- 33rd Annual Convention: Send-Off Address as Outgoing President, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1997
- Seminar Speaker - Jury Selection Demonstration: Picking the Jury, Hillsboro/Wilmington, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1997
- Seminar Speaker: Summation by the Masters, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1997
- Medical Negligence: Examination of the Medical Expert: For the Plaintiff, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1997
- Legal Issues: 1998 Update, ECU School of Medicine 20th Annual Health Law Forum (CME), September 16, 1998
- Personal Injury Case: Jury Selection, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1998
- Effectively Handling Wrongful Death Cases: Opening Statements & Closing Arguments, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1999
- Medicine on Trial: Experts, The Bar & The Bench on Hot Topics In Medical Evidence, Autopsies as Evidence: Cross-Examining the Medical Examiner, North Carolina Bar Foundation, May 26, 1999
- Overcoming Juror Bias: Overcoming Juror Biases in Jury Selection, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2003
- Civil Procedure Seminar: Trial and Judgment, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2003
- Mediation and Settlement: Conducting the Mediation, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2003
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina, 1973
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 1978
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1999
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Association (Member)
- American Board of Trial Advocates (Member)
- American Association for Justice (Sustaining Member)
- American Association for Justice, 1999 - 2000 (State Delegate)
- American Association for Justice, 1998 - 1999 (Member, Committee on Key Persons)
- American Association for Justice, 1998 - 1999 (Member, ATLA List Advisory Committee)
- American Association for Justice, 1998 - 1999 (Member, PAC Task Force)
- American Association for Justice, 1997 - 1999 (Member, Committee on Elections)
- American Association for Justice, 1996 - 1999 (Member, Committee on Bar Liaison)
- American Association for Justice, 1996 - 1997 (Member, Council of Presidents)
- Civil Justice Foundation, 1997 - 2000 (Member, Board of Trustees)
- Cumberland County Bar Association (Member)
- International Society of Barristers (Member)
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1999 - 2000 (Chair, Committee on Endowment)
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1999 - 2000 (Chair, Committee on Political Action)
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1999 - 2000 (Member, Board of Governors)
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1998 - 1999 (Member, Legislative Committee)
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1997 - 1998 (Immediate Past President)
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1996 - 1997 (President)
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1995 - 1996 (President Elect)
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1992 - 1995 (Legislative Vice-President)
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1992 - 1994 (Co-Chair, Committee on Political Action)
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Trustee, Committee on Political Action)
- North Carolina State Bar (Member)
- Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Member)
- Fayetteville Academy, 1988 - 1991 (Chairman, Board of Directors)
- Fayetteville Academy, 1986 - 1988 (Member, Board of Directors)
- Key Club, International (Honorary Member)
- Methodist College, 1997 - 2000 (Member, Board of Trustees)
- United Way-Cumberland County, 1997 - 1998 (Chair, Lawyers Division)
- Wake Forest University Law Alumni Council, 1998 - Present (Member, President-Elect 2002 - 2003)
- American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
Past Positions
- Cumberland County Assistant District Attorney, Senior Trial Assistant, 1975 - 1977
- Berry, Caudle & Byrd, 1977 - 1986
- Berry & Byrd, 1986 - 1996
- Cumberland County, Assistant District Attorney, 1973 - 1977
Fraternities and Sororities
- Phi Delta Phi
Articles
Published Works
- In the Wake of Haslip: Punitive Damage Jury Instructions and Post-Verdict Reviews of Awards in North Carolina, Vol. 24 Trial Briefs No. 3
Office Info
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