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Wade primarily advises clients on employee benefits and executive compensation issues. He works closely with a diverse range of companies in the development, implementation, administration and termination of qualified retirement plans and cafeteria plans. He provides counsel on matters of IRS qualifications, audits and remedial programs, U.S. Department of Labor audits, and qualified plan administration, including participant accounting, compliance testing, distributions, tax reporting and prohibited transactions. Wade also advises clients on a variety of employee benefit plans, as well as on ERISA fiduciary and trust compliance. He has represented clients such as FirstEnergy Corp., Nestlé USA, Inc. and RPM International, Inc. Wade is a member of the Cleveland Metropolitan, Florida and American Bar Associations as well as the WEB Network. He served as a trust officer with Bank One before becoming a vice president and trust officer with FirstMerit Bank from 1987 to 1997, during which time he was the manager of the employee benefits trust area. Wade joined Calfee in 1997 and became a partner in 2008. | 