 | The Tate Law Firm | | | | | Abingdon Professional Centre, 110 Abingdon Place
Abingdon, Virginia 24211 View Map |
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| | | | Practice Areas: | | General Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Medical Negligence, Personal Injury, Commercial, Labor and Employment, Mining, Product Liability, Aviation Litigation. | | | | Firm Size: 3 | | | | Reference: | | Highlands Union Bank, Abingdon. | | | | Mary Lynn Tate (Member) born Lake City, Tennessee, August 17, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Virginia and U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1980, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 2001, U.S District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: Westhampton College (B.A., 1973); University of Richmond (J.D., 1976). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, The Brennan Award, 1996. Member: National Moot Court Team, 1976; Editorial Board, The Student Lawyer, 1975-1976. Private Pilot's License, 1978. Chapter Author, "Planning Discovery," Civil Discovery in Virginia, VACLE 1999. Co-Director: University of Virginia Law School Annual College of Trial Advocacy, 1988—; Co-Director, 2003; National College of Advocacy. Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Commissioner, 1980-1986 and Chairman, Washington County Service Authority, 1981-1983. Member, Judicial Screening Panel, Federation of Women Lawyers, 1979. Arbitrator, Expedited Arbitration Panel for United Steelworkers of America and Reynolds Metals Company, 1978-1981. Member: Virginia Board of Bar Examiners Committee on Character and Fitness, 1998—; Virginia Commission on Women and Minorities in the Law, 1989-1990. Member: Washington County (President, 1988), Virginia (Member, Bar Council, 1997-1999; Faculty, VSB Professionalism Course), Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Labor and Employment Law; Governor, Fourth Circuit Law Student Division, 1975-1976) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Committee on State and Federal Rules of Procedure, 1982-1983); Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Vice-President, 1987-1989; President-Elect, 1990-1991; President, 1991-1992; Member, Board of Governors, 1982 and President, 1983-1984, Young Lawyers Section; Member, Committees on Continuing Legal Education; State and Federal Courts Publications and Chairman, Amicus Curiae Committee, 1986-1987; Governor at Large, 1985-1988); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Legislation, Medical Malpractice, Nominating, Executive Committee, 2000-2004); Virginia Women Attorney's Association. Practice Areas: Medical Negligence; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Inadequate Security; Premises Liability; Aviation. | | | | OF COUNSEL | | | | Olen G. Haynes (Of Counsel) born Kingsport, Tennessee, November 4, 1941; admitted to bar, 1968, Tennessee. (Not admitted in Virginia). Education: High Point College; East Tennessee State University (B.S. in English, 1965); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1968). Phi Delta Phi. Author: "Stripping the Tennessee Products Liability Act," Volume 1, Number 2, The Tennessee Trial Lawyer, Spring, 1982. Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation. Member: Knoxville, Washington County, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1973—; President, 1980); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Tennessee Board of Trial Advocates; American Board of Trial Advocates. (Also Member of Arnold, Haynes & Sanders, Johnson City, Tennessee). Practice Areas: Medical Negligence; Product Liability; Personal Injury; Aviation Litigation; Eminent Domain. | | | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | | | Kimberly Kingsley | | | | William T. Tate | | | | Bob Roberts |
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