Litigation
Antitrust/Competition, Brand Integrity/Counterfeit, Commercial Litigation, Pharmaceutical, White Collar Litigation
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.