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Donna S. Pate

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Bar Admissions:
Alabama, 1982

E-mail Donna Pate

Telephone: 256-535-1100
Facsimile: 256-533-9322

Street Address:
Suite 5000
200 West Side Square
Huntsville, AL 35801

Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 2087
Huntsville, AL 35804

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  Mrs. Pate has experience at both the trial and appellate level, covering a wide range of insurance and corporate civil defense matters. She has represented insurance carriers in a variety of motor-vehicle liability-insurance cases involving personal automobiles as well as such commercial vehicles as delivery vans and tractor-trailer trucks. She has handled both uninsured and underinsured motorist cases. She has also represented insurance carriers in a variety of residential and commercial premises-liability cases (involving such diverse issues as slip-and-fall and burns). She has defended public entities in employment law cases involving wrongful discharge and hiring discrimination.

Mrs. Pate is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the U.S. District Court (Northern District of Alabama), and all Alabama state courts.

EDUCATION

  • J.D., 1982, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
    Order of the Coif
    Hugo L. Black Scholar
    Dean M. Leigh Harrison Award
    Articles Editor, Alabama Law Review
  • B.A., magna cum laude, David Lipscomb College, Nashville, TN

    PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • American College of Trial Lawyers
  • American Bar Association
  • Alabama Bar Association
    Vice President, 1996-97
    Chairman, Disciplinary Panel, 1996-97
    Executive Council, 1995-96
    Bar Commissioner, 1993-present
    Supreme Court Liaison Committee, 1994-present
  • Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association
    President, 1996-97

    CIVIC ACTIVITIES & OTHER EXPERIENCES

  • Substitute City Court Judge, City of Huntsville, 1997
  • Law clerk for a U.S. District Court Judge, Northern District of Alabama, 1982-83
  • Director, Harris Home for Children
  • Member, Allocations Committee, United Way of Madison County
  • Member, Junior League of Huntsville

    PUBLICATIONS

  • “Anti-Profit Statute: A Recent Trend in Victim Compensation,” Alabama Law Review (1981).
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