Bradley J. Tate

Bradley J. Tate is an attorney with Sternberg, Naccari & White in New Orleans whose work includes taxation, estate planning, business transactions, and legal and judicial ethics. He advises individuals and businesses on tax controversy, business planning and structuring, partnership issues, nonprofit matters, historic tax credits, international tax concerns, trusts, gifting, and estate planning. He also works on ethics and professional matters involving lawyers, judges, and judicial candidates.

Tate earned a B.S. in Accounting, summa cum laude, from Southeastern Louisiana University, a J.D. from the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, and an LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Alabama. His accounting and advanced tax education support a practice that frequently requires detailed analysis of business structures, tax consequences, financial records, estate objectives, and regulatory requirements affecting individuals, companies, and nonprofit organizations.

Tate has nearly two decades of professional experience that includes a public accounting background and legal work for individuals, startups, and multinational businesses. His matters include tax disputes, business formation and restructuring, partnership issues, nonprofit formation and administration, international tax questions, and estate planning through trusts and gifting strategies. He also assists with professional and judicial ethics matters, including investigations, discipline issues, fee disputes, and partnership conflicts.

Bradley J. Tate has held leadership roles in the Louisiana legal community, including service as Secretary of the Louisiana State Bar Association and Editor-in-Chief of the Louisiana Bar Journal. He has also served in leadership with the Louisiana Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program. Tate combines accounting knowledge, tax training, transactional experience, and professional responsibility work to help clients address legal issues with practical and financially informed judgment.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Sternberg, Naccari & White, LLC
• Secretary and Editor-in-Chief, Louisiana Bar Journal, Louisiana State Bar Association (2025-2027)
• President, Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program (2025-2026)
• Chair, Louisiana Young Lawyers Division (2017-2018)
• Alumnus, Leadership Jefferson (2019)
• Founding Member, Rotaract of Baton Rouge

Licensed State

• Louisiana

Education

• University of Alabama
  Master of Laws (LLM) in Taxation
• Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Southeastern Louisiana University
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Accounting

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