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Ladd earned his Juris Doctor cum laude from Cornell University Law School in 1983, where he was a Finalist for the Sutherland Cup Moot Court competition and served on the Board of Barristers. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Missouri (1980). Ladd is licensed in Texas and admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit as well as the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas.

Ladd's peers and the legal industry have consistently recognized him among the profession's elite. He has been inducted into the D Magazine Hall of Fame (2025) and named to The Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation every year from 2019 through 2026. He has been listed in Texas Super Lawyers from 2003 to 2020 — including recognition among the Top 100 attorneys in Dallas/Fort Worth in 2010 and 2014 — and in the Business Litigation category from 2022 to 2025. He has also been selected for the D Magazine "Best Lawyers in Dallas" list (2011–2020, 2024–2025) and named to the Lawdragon 500 as both a Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyer and a Leading Litigator in America for Commercial Litigation. Ladd is also sought after by fellow attorneys as an expert witness on the subject of recoverable legal fees.

Ladd is actively engaged in the legal profession and his community. Within the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation, he serves as Programs Subcommittee Chair of the Business Torts Committee and is a member of the Trial Practice Committee. He is the Immediate Past Chair of the Business Litigation Section of the Dallas Bar Association and a Former Executive Board Member of the Cornell Law School Alumni association. Beyond the legal profession, Ladd has served as Past President and Board Member of the American Jewish Committee – Dallas Region and as Executive Committee Vice President of the Temple Emanu-El Board of Trustees.

Over the course of his four-decade career, Ladd has built a distinguished record prosecuting and defending complex business litigation matters, including disputes involving breach of contract, business fraud, fiduciary duty violations, non-compete breaches, trade secret theft, and business defamation. His trial and arbitration experience spans a remarkable breadth of industries — from real estate, oil and gas, healthcare, and commercial lending to technology, construction, insurance, food service, and video games. A significant focus of his practice is business divorce litigation, where he represents majority owners and minority investors in substantial private Texas companies, handling claims against officers, directors, managers, general partners, and trustees. Ladd regularly collaborates with family law attorneys to address complex business and property issues arising in family law proceedings. He has tried cases to judgment in both state and federal courts — including federal courts in New York and Chicago — and has argued appeals at the state and federal levels in Texas.