Jeanne T. Tate
418 West Platt Street Tampa, Florida 33606
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Jeanne T. Tate, P.A.
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Overview
Ms. Tate is currently the managing partner of the Law Office of Jeanne T. Tate, PA and a board certified adoption attorney. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida College of Law where she teaches Adoption Law and Procedure. Ms. Tate’s has an extensive and exclusive practice in the area of adoptions, and has participated in the placement of over 2,000 children in loving homes. As a member of the prestigious American Academy of Adoption Attorneys and The Florida Adoption Council, Jeanne has been active in interstate compact adoptions and has a comprehensive knowledge of adoption law. She works closely with adoption agencies to provide a full range of services to birth parents and adoptive families, and owns her own agency, Heart of Adoptions, Inc. Ms. Tate graduated with high honors in 1978 from the University of Florida with a B.S. degree in Journalism and, in 1981, she graduated with honors from the University of Florida College of Law. For the past several years in a row, Ms. Tate has been named as one of The Best Lawyers in America, Florida’s Legal Elite and Florida Super Lawyers. Over the years, Ms. Tate and her firm have been the recipient of several prestigious honors and awards including US News and World Report Top Tier Lawyer, Best Law Firms (2010-12); 2012 Jimmy Kynes Pro Bono Service Award, 2010 ABA Small and Solo Firm Lifetime Achievment Award; 2010 Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine Extraordinary Woman; Guardian Angel, Voices for Children (2009), Tampa Bay Business Journal Woman of the year finalist (2009); HAWL Achievement Award (2009), a Congressional Award as an Angel in Adoption (2006), Small Business Leader of the Year by the Tampa Chamber of Commerce, Hillsborough County’s Pro Bono Firm Award (2006) and the Florida Adoption Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award (2004). Ms. Tate’s professional affiliations include the following: Florida Bar; Hillsborough County Bar Association; Florida Association of Women Lawyers, Bay Area Volunteer Lawyers Program; Athena Society, and the Hillsborough County Association for Women Lawyers. She has appeared on national and local television on the subject of adoption and lobbies extensively in this area.
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Bar Admissions
Florida
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States Supreme Court
Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America 2007-2010
- Small Business of the Year Award-Tampa Chamber of Commerce 2005
- Small Business Leader of the Year Award- Tampa Chamber of Commerce 2006
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Florida Adoption Council 2004
- Hillsborough County Pro Bono Firm Award 2006
- Florida Super Lawyers (top 5% statewide) 2008, 2009
- Congressional Award - Angel in Adoption 2006 (Nominated by Representative Jim Davis)
- 2009 Voices for Children Guardian Angel Award
- 2009 Tampa Bay Business Journal Woman of the Year
- 2009 HAWL Achievement Award
Organizations & Affiliations
Board Certified in Adoption Law
Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers
University of Florida College of Law where she taught Adoption Law and Procedure.
Adjunct Professor
Languages
English
Spanish
Education
University of Florida, J.D.
Graduated 1981
University of Florida, B.A., Journalism with High Honors
Graduated 1978
Contact Details and Office Locations
Office: (813) 258-3355
418 West Platt Street
Tampa, Florida 33606
Tampa, Florida 33606
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