The private law firm of the Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade — who helped charge Donald Trump and 18 Republicans for their role in objecting to the 2020 election — sent a solicitation to an indicted alternate elector purportedly offering to defend him from the charges Wade helped file.
On Thursday, David Shafer, one of Georgia’s 2020 Republican electors, revealed on X that he had received a solicitation from Wade & Campbell Firm, the private practice of Nathan Wade. Wade is the special prosecutor who helped DA Fani Willis indict Trump, Shafer, and others for lawfully contesting Georgia’s 2020 election results.
A photo accompanying the post shows a brochure with a photo of Wade and Christopher Campbell, his law partner, grinning. Shafer’s name and one of his charges (“Impersonating A Public Officer”) are printed along the bottom. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), the brochure was also accompanied by a letter “signed by Campbell advertising the firm’s legal services” that read: “Attorneys Wade & Campbell dedicate their criminal practice to protecting the rights of any and every individual charged with a Misdemeanor, Felony, DUI or Traffic Offense!!”
The American Bar Association (ABA) explicitly states that “In representing a client, a lawyer shall not communicate about the subject of the representation with a person the lawyer knows to be represented by another lawyer in the matter, unless the lawyer has the consent of the other lawyer or is authorized to do so by law or a court order.” As
