Background
Tate, J. David was born on May 2, 1959 in Castro Valley, California, United States.
Tate, J. David was born on May 2, 1959 in Castro Valley, California, United States.
University of Southern Mississippi (Bachelor of Science, highest honors, 1981). Golden Gate Seminary (M. Division., 1984). Baylor University (Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 1994).
Admitted to the bar, 1994, Texas. 1996, United States. District Court, Southern District of Texas. 1997, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Editor-in-Chief, Baylor Law Review.
Recipient: Texas Trial Lawyers Association Award, Best Law Review Award in Field of Torts. William J. Boswell Torts Award.
John B. & Eula Berly Fisher Constitutional Law Award. Judge West.C. Davis Criminal Law and Appellate Advocacy Award.
Judge Joe Briscoe Senior Law Student Exemplifying Traditions of Baylor University.
National Mock Trial Team, 1993-1994. Top Speaker, Texas Invitational Mock Trial Competition, 1993. National Moot Court Regional Champion, 1992.
Author, "ALI Study on Enterprise Liability," 45 Baylor L. Review
103 (1993). Member: Houston Bar Association. State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association.
(Attorney).
Member: Houston Bar Association. State Bar of Texas; Houston Young Lawyers Association. (Attorney).
