Ms. Jeanne Trudeau Tate

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Ms. Jeanne Trudeau Tate: Attorney with Jeanne T. Tate, P.A.
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Jeanne T. Tate is a Board Certifed Adoption Attorney at Tate Healey Webster. For six years, Ms. Tate was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida College of Law where she taught Adoption Law and Procedure.  Ms. Tate has an extensive and exclusive practice in the area of adoptions, and has participated in the placement of over 4,000 children in loving homes.  As a member of the prestigious Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys and The Florida Adoption Council, Jeanne has been active in interstate compact adoptions and has a comprehensive knowledge of adoption law.  She works closely with adoption agencies to provide a full range of services to birth parents and adoptive families, and owns her own agency, Heart of Adoptions, Inc.  She also found a nonprofit adoption agency, Heart Of Adoptions Alliance, Inc. that works with foster care and special-needs children. 

Areas of Practice (2)

  • Adoption Law
  • Surrogacy Law

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of Florida, B.A., Journalism, with high honors, 1978
Law School Attended:
University of Florida College of Law, J.D., with honors, 1981
Year of First Admission:
1982
Admission:
1989, United States Supreme Court; 1982, Florida; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Memberships:
Hillsborough County (Board of Directors, 1992-1994; President, Young Lawyers Section, 1988-1989) and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Special Committee for Gender Equality in the Profession, 1991—; Adoption Subcommittee of Family Law Section, 1995—); Hillsborough County Association for Women Lawyers (Board of Directors, 1992-1994; President, 1996-1997); American Academy of Adoption Attorneys.
Languages:
Spanish
Birth Information:
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, August 20, 1956
Reported Cases:

JA v. Heart of Adoptions, 963 So. 2d 189 (Fla. 2007)

JCJ v. Heart of Adoptions, Inc., 989 So. 2d 32 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

Certifications:
Board Certified in Adoption Law since the inaugural year 2011-present
ISLN:
903244037

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