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Posted by: Brittany Sims on Jan 2, 2015

Deborah Tate has been named the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts by the Tennessee Supreme Court, the AOC reports. Tate is a former Federal Communications Commissioner twice nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate. She began her professional career in Tennessee state government serving as assistant legal counsel and senior policy advisor to former Tennessee governors Don Sundquist and Sen. Lamar Alexander. Tate will replace Bill Young, who was appointed Associate Chief Deputy Attorney General late last year.