Christopher A. Pate

Christopher A. Pate practices in the area of civil litigation, with a focus on products liability, premises liability, vehicular torts, and aviation litigation.

Representative Experience

• Banker Lopez Gassler P.A., Tampa, Florida; Associate Attorney, February 2026 to present

• Trenam, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye, O’Neill & Mullis, P.A., Tampa, Florida; Associate Attorney, September 2025 to February 2026

• Banker Lopez Gassler P.A., Tampa, Florida; Associate, November 2020 to September 2025

• Law Clerk, August 2019 to November 2020; Summer Intern, May 2019 to August 2019

• United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, Tampa, FL;Judicial Intern for the Honorable Judge Thomas Wilson, Summer 2018

• Alsobrook & Agricola, Opelika, AL; Law Clerk, August 2016 to December 2016

• Auburn Municipal Court, Auburn, AL; Intern to the Honorable James McLaughlin, May 2016 to August 2016

Presentations and Publications

Publications

• Sarah Papadelias & Christopher Pate, Avoiding Legal Malpractice During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 1 The Trial Advocate 40 (2021).

• Jeffrey James & Christopher Pate, The Key to Clarity: Engagement, Disengagement and Nonengagement Letters in Preventing and Defending Legal Malpractice Claims, 1The Trial Advocate 34 (2020)

Distinctions

E. Harris Drew Memorial Award Recipient