Who is this lawyer Joseph Tate? Is he a criminal defense attorney or the one he had that was versed in intellectual property rights?
Experience and Background
Joseph A. Tate is a partner in the antitrust/competition and white collar litigation groups. For more than 25 years, he has defended U.S. and foreign corporations, executives, lawyers, and others against allegations of white-collar crime, with particular emphasis on antitrust, patent fraud, and other regulatory issues. His practice also involves complex civil litigation and class actions, and he counsels clients on antitrust matters.
Before entering private practice, Mr. Tate served as prosecutor for the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Mr. Tate is a frequent lecturer on issues involving criminal and antitrust law, and is an active faculty member of the Philadelphia Bar Association's Trial Advocacy Program. He is a former chair of the Criminal Procedure Committee of the American Bar Association's Antitrust Section. He is also a member of Dechert's Policy Committee and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.
Mr. Tate was designated as a leading lawyer for antitrust and general commercial litigation in the 2003, 2004, and 2005 editions of Chambers USA, a referral guide to leading lawyers in the United States based on the opinions of their peers and clients and the quality of their work. The 2005 edition of Chambers called him "one of the finest antitrust lawyers in the country" and remarked on his "special talent as a trial lawyer."
Education
Mr. Tate is a graduate of Villanova University (A.B., 1963) and Villanova University School of Law (LL.B., 1966), where he was a member of the Villanova University Law Review.
This should be the same Joseph A. Tate:
Joseph A. Tate
Partner
Dechert LLP
4000 Bell Atlantic Tower, 1717 Arch Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2793
(Philadelphia Co.)
Telephone: 215.994.4000
Telefax: 215.994.2222
Email: Send an Email
AV Peer Review Rated
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Criminal; Antitrust; Securities
Admitted: 1966, Pennsylvania
Law School: Villanova University, LL.B., 1966
College: Villanova University, A.B., 1963
Biography: Member, Law Review, 1965-66. Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, 1966-70. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Articles on martindale.com:
District Court Enjoins the Department of Justice from Pursuing an Indictment Against Amnesty Program Participant
Stephen D. Brown, Christine C. Levin, Joseph A. Tate, Michael D. Farber, February 24, 2005, previously published February 2005.
Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1941
ISLN: 903243917
Web Site: http://www.dechert.com
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