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Tate was born in Opelousas in St. Landry Parish to Albert Tate, Sr. (1892-1973), who is interred in Ville Platte at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83871501/albert-jules-tate|title=Albert Jules Tate, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 14, 2020}}</ref>  and the former Adelaide Therry (1901-1939), a native of the [[Manhattan]] [[borough]] of [[New York City]], who died in Manhattan at the age of thirty-eight. Judge Tate was nineteen years of age at the time of his mother's passing. No information is available on Mrs. Tate's burial, but her remains are not at Sacred Heart in Ville Platte beside her husband.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194027948/adelaide-tate|title=Adelaide Therry Tate|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 14, 2020}}</ref>

Tate was born in Opelousas in St. Landry Parish to Albert Tate, Sr. (1892-1973), who is interred in Ville Platte at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83871501/albert-jules-tate|title=Albert Jules Tate, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 14, 2020}}</ref>  and the former Adelaide Therry (1901-1939), a native of the [[Manhattan]] [[borough]] of [[New York City]], who died in Manhattan at the age of thirty-eight. Judge Tate was nineteen years of age at the time of his mother's passing. No information is available on Mrs. Tate's burial, but her remains are not at Sacred Heart in Ville Platte beside her husband.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194027948/adelaide-tate|title=Adelaide Therry Tate|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 14, 2020}}</ref>

In 1937, he  graduated from New York Military Academy at Cornwall-On-Hudson, [[New York]]. From 1937 to 1938, he attended [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]]. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1941 from [[George Washington University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. He received his L.L.B. degree from Yale Law School in 1947; he attended Yale from 1941–1942 and 1946–1947. He also attended the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]],  from 1947 to 1948, when he obtained legal credentials in Louisiana.​<ref name=lahist/>

In 1937, he  graduated from New York Military Academy at Cornwall-On-Hudson, [[New York]]. From 1937 to 1938, he attended [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]]. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1941 from [[George Washington University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. He received his L.L.B. degree from Yale Law School in 1947; he attended Yale from 1941 to 1942 and 1946–1947. He also attended the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]],  from 1947 to 1948, when he obtained legal credentials in Louisiana.​<ref name=lahist/>

During [[World War II]], Tate was a special agent in the [[United States Army]] in the Far Eastern theater from 1942 to 1945. On April 23, 1949, active in the American Legion,  the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Rotary International, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and the [[Knights of Columbus]], the [[Roman Catholic]] men's organization. He and his wife,  the former Claire Jeanmard (1927-1995). The couple had a daughter, Emma Adelaide Tate, and four sons: Albert Tate, III, George J. Tate, Michael F. Tate, and Charles E. Tate.<ref name=lahist/>​

During [[World War II]], Tate was a special agent in the [[United States Army]] in the Far Eastern theater from 1942 to 1945. On April 23, 1949, active in the American Legion,  the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Rotary International, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and the [[Knights of Columbus]], the [[Roman Catholic]] men's organization. He and his wife,  the former Claire Jeanmard (1927-1995). The couple had a daughter, Emma Adelaide Tate, and four sons: Albert Tate, III, George J. Tate, Michael F. Tate, and Charles E. Tate.<ref name=lahist/>​

Tate was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1948 and practiced law in Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish from 1948 to 1954, when he became judge of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal. Thereafter, he was presiding judge of Louisiana's Third Circuit for a decade;<ref name=lahist/> one of his law clerks was [[Bobby Culpepper]], later a long-term lawyer and Democratic politician in Jonesboro in Jackson Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/local/2015/08/17/jonesboro-attorney-bobby-culpepper-dies/31853081/|title=Jonesboro attorney Bobby Culpepper dies|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=August 18, 2015}}</ref> Tate  became associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court for a brief tenure in 1958 and again for nearly the entire decade of the 1970s.​

Tate was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1948 and practiced law in Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish from 1948 to 1954, when he became judge of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal. Thereafter, he was presiding judge of Louisiana's Third Circuit for a decade;<ref name=lahist/> one of his law clerks was [[Bobby Culpepper]], later a long-term lawyer and Democratic politician in Jonesboro in Jackson Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/local/2015/08/17/jonesboro-attorney-bobby-culpepper-dies/31853081/|title=Jonesboro attorney Bobby Culpepper dies|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=August 18, 2015}}</ref> Tate  became associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court for a brief tenure in 1958 and again for nearly the entire decade of the 1970s.​

During his long legal career, Tate held many judicial committee chairmanships and took an active role in promoting legal and court reforms. He was vice-chairman of the Committee on Court Modernization in 1972-1974 and chairman of the Committee to Implement Standards of Criminal Justice from 1975-76. He was on the board of editors of ''Judges Journal'' from 1972-1975.​<ref name=lahist/>

During his long legal career, Tate held many judicial committee chairmanships and took an active role in promoting legal and court reforms. He was vice-chairman of the Committee on Court Modernization in 1972-1974 and chairman of the committee to Implement Standards of Criminal Justice from 1975 to 1976. He was on the board of editors of ''Judges Journal'' from 1972 to 1975.​<ref name=lahist/>

Tate was a member of both the Louisiana Bar Association and the American Judicature Society from 1948 to 1986. He chaired the Louisiana Judicial Commission from 1968 to 1970. He was a delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1973, at which he served as the chairman of the style and drafting section. The constitution which Tate drafted was approved by voters in the spring of 1974. He was also a law school [[professor]] at LSU from 1967 to 1968, while he was simultaneously serving on the state Third Circuit Court.​<ref name=lahist/>

Tate was a member of both the Louisiana Bar Association and the American Judicature Society from 1948 to 1986. He chaired the Louisiana Judicial Commission from 1968 to 1970. He was a delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1973, at which he served as the chairman of the style and drafting section. The constitution which Tate drafted was approved by voters in the spring of 1974. He was also a law school [[professor]] at LSU from 1967 to 1968, while he was simultaneously serving on the state Third Circuit Court.​<ref name=lahist/>