Nathan Wade biography: 13 things about Marietta, Georgia lawyer

Nathan Jerome Wade Jr. is an American lawyer based in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, United States. He is a Vietnam War veteran’s son and he believes that the American system of justice is the best in the world.

Aside from Marietta, Wade has lived in other parts of Georgia including Atlanta. Before moving to Georgia, he lived in different parts of Texas, USA including Beaumont and Houston.

Wade is 1 year older than his wife Joycelyn Yvonne Mayfield Wade. They have a son and a daughter together.

Nathan is 2 years younger than Fani Willis. She and Fred Willis divorced in 2005 and she assumed office as the district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia on January 1, 2021.

On February 10, 2021, Fani launched a criminal investigation into Donald Trump‘s attempts to influence Georgia election officials. She later hired Nathan to lead the investigation.

After graduating from Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas with a bachelor’s degree in political science and economics, Nathan earned his Juris Doctor degree from the John Marshall School of Law in Atlanta. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In June 1997, he and Joycelyn got married.
2. In 2001, Joycelyn gave birth to their son in Atlanta. Their son became a soccer player.
3. In 2003, Joycelyn gave birth to their daughter. Their daughter became a gymnast.
4. In 2006, he received the Georgia’s Top Lawyers Award.
5. In 2008, he was included in Cobb Life Magazine’s Top 20 under 40 list. In 2009, he received the Georgia’s Top Lawyers Award again.
6. In 2010, Marietta mayor Steve Tumlin appointed him to be a part-time associate judge in the municipal court, making him the first black judge on the bench.
7. Between 2012 and 2016, he unsuccessfully ran three times to be a judge in the superior court of Cobb County.
8. In April 2021, he publicly admitted that he was frustrated because of his unsuccessful attempts to advance beyond his part-time municipal judgeship. In August 2021, he and Joycelyn separated.
9. On November 1, 2021, his contract with Fani started. On November 2, 2021, he filed for divorce from Joycelyn in Cobb County Superior Court.
10. Between November 2021 and and October 2023, the Fulton County district attorney’s office paid his law firm more than $653,000. The office signed contract extensions with him in November 2022 and June 2023.
11. In March 2023, he turned 50. In August 2023, Cobb County Superior Court Judge Henry Thompson issued an order finding him in contempt of court for failing to disclose financial records.
12. On October 4, 2023, a Royal Caribbean cruise and American Airlines tickets were purchased for him and Fani.
13. On January 8, 2024, Joycelyn subpoenaed Fani in their divorce case to appear for a deposition on January 23, 2024. On January 19, 2024, Joycelyn’s attorney Andrea Dyer Hastings filed a motion in their divorce case accusing Fani of having a romantic relationship with him. On the same day, Fani filed a motion seeking to quash Joycelyn’s subpoena against her and accusing Joycelyn of harassing her.

Nathan Wade, the outside special prosecutor appointed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to oversee her criminal racketeering case against Trump, purchased plane tickets for the DA for trips together, according to credit card statements. https://t.co/wIZZ9SeF8l

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