Law Practice  

Nathaniel Cade, Jr. is an associate in the Milwaukee office practicing in litigation.  He enjoys a broad base of understanding in a number of substantial legal areas.  Mr. Cade has a particularly deep experience in products and premises liability, personal injury defense, construction law, insurance defense and real estate litigation.  He has been involved in numerous trials, mediations and arbitrations throughout Wisconsin.  Mr. Cade also has lectured on products liability, ethics, environmental law and construction insurance law.  Mr. Cade was appointed by the State Bar President to a position on the State Bar's Professional Ethics Committee.

Representative Experience

Mr. Cade has first-chaired almost a dozen bench and jury trials.  He has counseled numerous clients on limiting their liability exposure.  As an example, Mr. Cade represented a toy store that had significant liability due to a personal injury claim.  The injured party had an extremely rare medical condition, which required her hospitalization for several years following the injury.  After researching the medical condition and forcing her medical expert to admit lack of causation on certain issues, Mr. Cade negotiated a mutually beneficial settlement.  Mr. Cade also represented a fast-food corporation against a premises-liability claim in which the corporation had potential exposure in excess of $1,500,000.  He vigorously defended the claim and helped negotiate the settlement to $325,000. Mr. Cade also represented a school district in a wrongful death claim where he briefed the winning motion to dismiss.  Mr. Cade also regularly represents restaurants, gas stations and other commercial enterprises on their premises liability claims.  In addition, he has litigated numerous claims against insurers on behalf of corporate policyholders.  He also has defended numerous E&O claims against client architectural firms.

Professional Activities

• Past President, Milwaukee Young Lawyers Association

• Member, American Bar Association (Chair, Young Lawyers Subcommittee, Products Liability Committee)

• Member, National Bar Association

• Member, Wisconsin Bar Association (Professional Ethics Committee)

• Member, Milwaukee Bar Association

• Meeting co-chair, ABA Products Liability Conference, March 2002

• Co-chair, Membership, ABA Minority Trial Lawyer Committee

• Member, Wisconsin Association of African-American Attorneys

• Member, Defense Research Institute (Products Liability and Insurance committees)

Admissions

• Wisconsin, 1996

• U.S. District Court for the Eastern & Western District of Wisconsin, 1996

• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, 2000

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1996

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2000

• United States Supreme Court, 2000

Speeches and Publications

• Author, "Case Closed: Follow these steps to help reduce the costs of business litigation" - Small Business Times, April 28, 2000

•  Author, "Planning the Future: Business Growth involves combination of good staff, good finances and good legal protection" - Small Business Times, June 23, 2000

• Co-Author, “Ethical Issues Facing Young Lawyers,” FOR THE DEFENSE (DRI), January 2002

• Speech, “Practical Ethical Issues in Wisconsin,” National Business Institute, CLE-certified lecture on ethics, September 2001

• Speech, “Legal Ethics 2001: Surveying The Cutting Edge Issues,” State Bar of Wisconsin, CLE-certified lecture on ethics, October 2001

• Speech, “Legal Ethics,” State Bar of Wisconsin’s 52^nd Annual Tax School, CLE-Certified lecture on ethics, December 2001

Education

• University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 1993)

• University of Michigan School of Law (J.D. 1996, Associate Editor, Journal of International Law; quarter-finalist in the Campbell Moot Court Competition)

Other

• Senior, Thomas Fairchild American Inns of Court

• Board of Directors, Future Milwaukee (President)

• Former Board Member, COA Youth and Family Services (Finance Committee)