William Howard TATE

Background

Tate, William Howard was born on May 6, 1953 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William M. and Louise (Hooper) Tate.

Education

University of Tennessee (Bachelor of Arts, 1975. Juris Doctor, 1979). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Tennessee Law Review, 1977-1979.

Spoken languages: French.

Career

In re Thompson 30 B.R. 165 (Bankr. Mid. Tenn. 1994)Worked at Gracey, Ruth, Howard, Tate & Sowell (Nashville, Tennessee) specializing in Surety, Construction, Bankruptcy, Entertainment. Admitted to the bar, 1979, Tennessee. Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Tennessee Law Review, 1977-1979.

Author: "Constitutional Law-Due Process-Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens," 45 Tennessee Law Review 741. Law Clerk to: Honorary Ray L. Brock, Junior, Chief Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1979-1980. Honorary Houston M. Goddard, Judge, Tennessee Court of Appeals, Eastern Section, 1978-1979.

Member: Nashville (Member, Board of Directors, 1997—) and Tennessee Bar Associations. Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association. Defense Research Institute.

Membership

Chairman board Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, 1989-1998, 1st vice president, 1999. Fellow Nashville Bar Foundation. Member Nashville Bar Association (1st vice president 1999, chair international relations committee since 1996, bankruptcy court committee since 1983), Richland Country Club.

Interests

• Avocation: French.

Connections

Married Deborah Taylor. Children: William H. Junior, Taylor M., Carlton L.M.

Father:

William M. Tate

Mother:

Louise (Hooper) Tate

Spouse:

Deborah Taylor

child:

William H. Junior Tate

child:

Carlton L.M Tate

child:

Taylor M. Tate