Anastasia Wade

Anastasia Wade is a partner at Ciano & Goldwasser in Cleveland whose practice centers on business law disputes and appellate work. She handles commercial litigation, shareholder and partnership disputes, business dissolutions, employment matters, sports law, and intellectual property or trade secret litigation. Her work often involves closely held companies, contested ownership issues, contract disputes, and other conflicts where careful research, strong written advocacy, and practical litigation strategy are essential to protecting business interests.

Anastasia earned a J.D. from Duke University School of Law and a B.A., summa cum laude with honors, from Kent State University. Her education strengthened the research and writing skills that remain central to her practice. She has developed those skills through complex litigation involving companies, owners, employees, and intellectual property issues, allowing her to analyze detailed records, frame legal arguments clearly, and support clients through trial-level and appellate proceedings.

Anastasia’s experience includes product liability disputes for a Fortune 500 company, bankruptcy-related work involving a large energy company, intra-family disputes over company ownership, and international discovery in a substantial trade secret matter. She has handled numerous appeals and argued before a D.C. Circuit panel that included then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh and then-Judge Merrick Garland. This background gives her experience with both factual development and high-level legal analysis across diverse business disputes.

Anastasia Wade has been recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star and is active in several bar and professional organizations. She is admitted in Ohio, multiple federal district courts, the Sixth Circuit, the D.C. Circuit, and the US Supreme Court. Her practice combines litigation, appellate advocacy, business law, employment disputes, and intellectual property issues, helping clients address conflicts that can affect ownership, commercial relationships, confidential information, and long-term business operations.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Ciano & Goldwasser LLP
• Member, Ohio State Bar Association
• Member, Judge John Manos Inn of Court
• Member, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
• Member, Federal Bar Association

Licensed State

• Ohio

Education

• Duke University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Kent State University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Summa Cum Laude)

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