S. Lester Tate III
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S. Lester Tate III
Biography
Lester Tate is a trial lawyer who served as the 48th President of the State Bar of Georgia. Since 1996, he has practiced as a shareholder in Akin & Tate, P.C., Georgia’s oldest continuing law firm. He has won numerous million dollar plus verdicts and settlements for his client and has been widely recognized as one of the state’s top lawyers by various publications, including Georgia Trend Magazine, which named him to its list of “Georgia’s Legal Elite,” and Atlanta Magazine, which has repeatedly named him as a “Super Lawyer.” He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Judicial Qualifications Commission and a member of the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates. Lester has spent his entire professional career as a court room lawyer, having tried over 100 civil and criminal cases to verdict. Because of his extensive courtroom experience, he was inducted into the American Board of Trial Advocates, one of the nation’s most prestigious groups of trial lawyers, with the rank of “Advocate.” He is also a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, a trial lawyer honorary society comprised of less than 1% of American lawyers. Lester has also appeared over 30 times in Georgia’s state and federal appellate courts. While devoting most of his time to serious personal injury and wrongful death cases, his practice is unusually broad and has included such diverse matters as federal criminal cases, complex commercial disputes, workers compensation cases, murder trials.
Practice Areas
Personal Injury
Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
Workers' Compensation
Products Liability
Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
Medical Malpractice
Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
Professional Associations
State Bar of Georgia Federal Defender Board, Member (Current)
State Bar of Georgia State Disciplinary Board Investigative Panel; Chairman (2005 - 2005)
State Democratic Committee Member (2004 - 2006)
Bartow County Democratic Party Chairman (2003 - 2007)
U.S. Presidential Election Voter Protection Operation Bartow & Paulding County Counsel (2008)
State Bar of Georgia Treasurer (2007 - 2009)
State Bar of Georgia President-Elect (2009 - 2010)
Advocates for Bartow's Children Volunteer Lawyer (Current)
State Bar of Georgia President (2010 - 2011)
Bartow County United Way of Bartow County Campaign Chairman (1995 - Current)
State Bar of Georgia Executive Committee (2005 - Current)
American Bar Association (Current)
American Association of Justice (Current)
Cartersville-Bartow County Bar Association (Current)
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Current)
Atlanta Bar Association (Current)
State Bar of Georgia Board of Governors, member (1995 - Current)
Publications
Finding the Bottom of a Bottomless Pit: Cross Examining Witnesses Georgia Bar Journal (October, 1999)
How I Got Justice for My Client Verdict (a Georgia Trial Lawyers Association publication) (2009)
Awards
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Friends of the Frontiers Award
New Frontiers of Bartow County 2009.0
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Named a "Georgia Super Lawyer"
Atlanta Magazine and the Journal of Law & Politics 2007.0
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Named one of "Georgia's Legal Elite"
Georgia Trend Magazine 2006.0
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AV-Rated
Martindale-Hubbell
Education
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University System of Georgia - Georgia Institute of Technology B.S. | Industrial Management
Year: 1978 - 1982
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University of South Carolina School of Law J.D. | University of South Carolina Law Review
Year: 1985 - 1987
Websites
http://akin-tate.com
Akin & Tate, P.C.
Akin & Tate, P.C.
11 Public Sq., P.O. Box 878, Cartersville, GA 30120