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Secretary
Mr. Bradley Joseph Tate

2025-2027
935 Gravier St Ste 1800
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 494-9395
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Bradley J. Tate is an attorney at Sternberg, Naccari & White (SNW), where he focuses on taxation, estate planning and business transactions. With more than two decades of legal experience, he has built a reputation guiding clients through a wide range of complex legal and financial matters.

Tate has spent much of his career in public accounting, serving individuals, small start-up companies, large, multinational corporations and more. He has worked on a myriad of tax issues, including tax controversy, historic tax credits, business planning and structuring, complex partnership issues, non-profit formation and administration, international tax issues, trusts, gifting and estate planning. He earned his BS in Accounting, summa cum laude, from Southeastern Louisiana University; his JD from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center; and a Master of Laws in Taxation (LL.M.) from the University of Alabama. In his spare time, he has taught LSAT classes to aspiring law students. 

Tate is deeply engaged in the legal community. In June 2025, he was sworn in as LSBA Secretary and Editor-in-Chief of the Louisiana Bar Journal, which he will curate until June 2027. He has devoted his legal career to serving the bar, including as chair of the LSBA Young Lawyers Division (2017–2018) and has remained an active member of the Bar Governance Committee. As secretary, he serves on the Executive Committee and on the Board of Governors. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program and was sworn in as its president in June 2025.
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