Megan L. Wade

ASSOCIATE

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mwade@sextoncolaw.com

Megan Wade is an associate who focuses her practice in appeals that involve criminal, civil, family, and child protection issues. Prior to joining the firm, Attorney Wade clerked for the Honorable Richard A. Robinson of the Connecticut Supreme Court. 

Attorney Wade is admitted to the Connecticut bar and is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Community Partners in Action. In addition to her work as an advocate, Attorney Wade is an active member of the Connecticut Bar Association. This year, she is serving as a criminal law co-chair of the Young Lawyers’ Section.

Attorney Wade received her J.D. from UConn Law, cum laude, and her B.A. in political science and classical studies from Boston University. While in law school she won the Alva P. Loiselle Moot Court competition, served as Executive Director of the Connecticut Moot Court Board and Notes & Comments Editor for the Connecticut Law Review, and completed UConn Law's Pro Bono Pledge by performing more than 100 hours of pro bono service during her three years of law school.

Publications:

Megan Wade, Note, "For I Was Hungry and You Gave Me Something to Eat": Utilizing RLUIPA to Prevent Force-Feeding Religiously Based Hunger-Striking Inmates, 48 Conn. L. Rev. 1231 (2016).

Among the cases that Attorney Wade has either argued or played a substantial role in the briefing and argument preparation are:

In re Taijha H.-B., 329 Conn. 914 (2019)

State v. Jodi D., 190 Conn. App. 353, cert. granted, 333 Conn. 914 (Sept. 2019)

State v. Fox, 192 Conn. App. 221 (2019)

State v. Peluso, 187 Conn. App. 498, cert. granted, 331 Conn. 924 (2019)

State v. Morice W., 183 Conn. App. 32 (2018)

State v. Rogers, 183 Conn. App. 669 (2018)

In re Kyllan V., 190 Conn. App. 132 (2018)

Dupigney v. Commissioner of Correction, 183 Conn. App. 852 (2018)