Candidate for
District Attorney; County of Orange

WALLACE WADE

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Age: 55

Born: Indianapolis, Indiana Attended grammar and high school in San Diego, California.

B.A., Loyola University, Los Angeles, History, 1969.

J.D., Loyola University School of Law, Los Angeles, 1976.

Member of

• State Bar of California (1976)
• U.S. District Court, Central District of California (1976)
• United States Supreme Court (1992)

PROSECUTION EXPERIENCE:

1999-present Senior Deputy District Attorney, Orange County District Attorney, Welfare Fraud and Major Fraud Units.

1992-1999 Assistant District Attorney; Director of Special Operations, Orange County District Attorney.

1986-1992 Supervising Deputy District Attorney, County of Orange. Supervisor, Special Assignments Section; Grand Jury Liaison Deputy. Supervisor, South Orange County Municipal Court

1982-1992 Special Assistant United States Attorney, Central District of California. Organized Crime and Racketeering Task Force; Special Deputy District Attorney, Riverside County (Joint Organized Crime Investigation)

1980-1986 Deputy District Attorney, County of Orange. Municipal Court, Special Assignments Section, Homicide Unit.

1976-1979 Deputy City Attorney, City of Los Angeles; Special Prosecutions Unit; Supervisor, Discovery Unit.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

2000-Present Lecturer in Political Science, University of California, Irvine, Dept of Political Science. (Courses taught: Prosecution Policy; Judges, Ethics and Politics.)

1998 Faculty Member, Trial Skills, National College of District Attorneys, Columbia, South Carolina

1978-1997 Senior Instructor, L.A. County Bar Association Trial Attorney Project

1970-1973 Assistant Football Coach, Loyola University

1970-1973 Teacher, St. Bernard High School, Los Angeles

1971-1973 Tank Platoon Leader, California Army National Guard, 40th Armored Brigade

1965-1969 Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times; Editorial Assistant KFWB Radio.

COMMUNITY and BAR ACTIVITIES

Orange County Attorney's Association, Board of Directors, 2001.

Orange County Bar Association, Ethics Committee, MCLE Presenter, 2000-Present

California Prosecutor's Working Group (Rose Bird Election), Orange County Chairman, 1985-1986.

California District Attorney's Association. Board of Directors, 1991-1992. Member, 1976-2001.

Constitutional Rights Foundation Mock Trial Competition; Advisory Board Member, 1991-1995. Judge 1984-1986 and 1991-Present. Coach 1987-1990.

Association of Orange County Deputy District Attorneys; President, 1986, Vice-President 1984-1985, Board of Directors 1982-1986, Member, 1982-Present.

American Youth Soccer Organization, Region 111, San Clemente, California, Board of Directors, 1982-1985. Coach, 1984-1985, Referee, 1991-1994.

Bobby Sox Softball, San Clemente, California. Coach 1992-1993.

National Football Foundation, San Fernando Valley Chapter, Board of Directors, 1975-76.

California Youth Authority, L.A. County Bar Association Mediation Project, Mediator, 1978.

Ancient Order of Hibernians, Orange County Division 3, Vice-President, 2001

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:

Attorney of the Year, Orange County Constitutional Rights Foundation, 1989

Santa Margarita High School, Mock Trial Team Coach, County Finalist 1989 and 1990.

American Bar Association, National First Place Program Award for Service to the Bar, 1980.

Teacher of the Year, St. Bernard High School, Playa del Rey, California, 1972.

Crime Victims for Court Reform, Honorary Member, 1986.

PUBLISHED BOOKS AND ARTICLES:

Trial Attorney Manual (with L.C. Morrison and R. V. Curcio), 1997, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Los Angeles, California, 498 pp. [book]

Criminal Procedure and Jury Trials (with L.C. Morrison and R.V. Curcio), 1994, Effective Courtroom Advocates, Los Angeles, California, 156 pp. [book]

"Why the Death Penalty?", Dictum (Western State University College of Law), May, 1986. [article].

LECTURES, PANELS, SEMINARS AND PUBLIC FORUMS:

• Anaheim Board of Realtors (State Supreme Court)

• Blue Ribbon Committee of the Republican Party (Campaign Laws)

• Boy Scouts of America (Career Awareness Program)

• California District Attorney's Association Senior Management Seminar Instructor: (Recusal); New Prosecutor's Course (Direct Exam); Political Corruption Seminar (Grand Jury).

• California Peace Officer's Standards and Training Commission (VideoTraining--Courtooom Testimony)

• California State University, Fullerton, Hispanic Studies Department (Role of the District Attorney)

• Coalition on Victims Equal Rights (Death Penalty)

• Coastline Community College (Cooperative Education Work Experience Program)

• Constitutional Rights Foundation (Internship Program)

• Constitutional Law Foundation Law Day (Death Penalty Panel, Date Rape Panel)

• Crime Victims California Justice Committee (Proposition 115)

• Golden West College Administration of Justice Department (Role of the District Attorney)

• Justice for Homicide Victims (Rose Bird)

• Kiwanis Club of Pacific Island Villages--Laguna Niguel (Death Penalty)

• Kiwanis Club of Santa Ana (Rose Bird)

• Knights of Columbus (Morality and Law)

• KOCE Public Television, Los Angeles (Debate with Judge Gray, Elimination of Narcotics Laws)

• Leadership Tomorrow (Criminal Justice System)

• Los Alamitos High School (Criminal Trials)

• Hispanic Bar Association (Is Law Enforcement Discriminatory?)

• Mission Viejo Kiwanis (Rose Bird)

• Orange County Grand Jury Association (Impact of Proposition 115)

• Orange County Republican Women Federated (Role of the District Attorney's Office)

• Orange County Sheriff's Academy (Care and Feeding of Prosecutors)

• Orange County Bar Association's College of Trial Advocacy. (Trial Tactics, Faculty Member)

• Orange County Probation Officers. (Role of the District Attorney)

• Rancho Santiago College, Speech Communications Department (Rose Bird)

• Realty Investment Association of California (Business and the Supreme Court)

• Riverside County District Attorney's Office (Officer Involved Shootings)

• Santa Ana Police Department Supervisors Training (Laws of Arrest)

• Trinity Law School (Evidentiary Privileges)

• Tustin Area Republican Women Federated (District Attorney's Office)

• U.C. Irvine Department of Politics and Society (Minorities and the Law in America, Political Corruption)

• Western State University College of Law (Trial Practice and Moot Court Judge)

• Capital Murder

• Kidnap for Ransom

• Bribery of judge

• Rape

• Sodomy

• Child Molestation

• Mayhem

• Rape/Burglary

• Soliciting Murder of Witness

• Embezzlement

• Misconduct of Elected Officials

• Three Strikes

• Grand Theft

• Child Pornography

• Pimping

• Preparing False Evidence

• Perjury

• Bookmaking

• Extortion

• Home Invasion Robbery

• Assault on Police Officer

• Rape/Murder

• Child Abuse

• Bribery of Witness

• Felony DUI

• Domestic Violence

• Conspiracy to Sell Narcotics

• Possession of a Machine Gun

• Assault by Jailer

• Vehicular Manslaughter

• Assault on Juvenile Inmate

• Elder Abuse

• Gang Assault

• Misappropriation of Public Funds

• Insurance Fraud

• Smuggling Narcotics into Jail

• Welfare Fraud

• Identity Theft