Tate, Jeanne T.

Jeanne T. Tate is a Board Certified Adoption Attorney and the managing partner of Jeanne T. Tate, P.A., with offices in Tampa, Naples, and Orlando, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida College of Law where she teaches Adoption Law and Procedure. Jeanne has an extensive and exclusive practice in the area of adoptions and is a member of the prestigious American Academy of Adoption Attorneys and the Florida Adoption Council.

Jeanne works closely with adoption agencies to provide a full range of services to birth parents and adoptive families and owns her own domestic and international adoption agencies, Heart of Adoptions, Inc., and Heart of Adoptions Alliance, Inc. Jeanne graduated with high honors in 1978 from the University of Florida with a B.S. in Journalism and in 1981 she received her J.D. with honors, as a member of the Order of the Coif and editor of the Law Review, from the University of Florida College of Law.

For several years in a row, Jeanne has been named in The Best Lawyers in America, Florida's Legal Elite, and Florida Super Lawyer. Over her career, Jeanne has won several prestigious awards including the Congressional Angel in Adoption Award, the Tampa Chamber of Commerce's Small Business Leader of the Year, the Florida Adoption Council's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers (HAWL) Achievement Award. Additionally, Jeanne has appeared on local and national television on the subject of adoption, has been active in Interstate Compact Adoptions, and has been integrally involved in adoption issues before the Florida legislature.

Jeanne is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, signifying that the legal community ranks her "at the highest level of professional excellence".