Tate Seeks Sanctions Against Lawyer

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

Singer and songwriter Danny Tate is asking a federal bankruptcy judge to impose sanctions against the Nashville attorney who represented him in a controversial conservatorship case.
In the motion filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Kentucky, Tate asked that the sanctions be imposed again Michael G. Hoskins. Hoskins, meanwhile, has filed a motion to have Tate's bankruptcy case dismissed for failure to prosecute.
The action is the latest in a series of legal battles since Tate was placed in a conservatorship in Davidson Probate Court in Nashville.
Tate has countered Hoskin's dismissal motion with a motion that it be denied
Hoskins did not respond to a request for comment on the latest developments.
In the motion for sanctions, Tate charged that he was not provided proper notice of the dismissal motion and only learned of it from the court.
Hoskins is seeking the payment of legal fees stemming from his actions as Tate's attorney during the now dissolved conservatorship.
The Nashville attorney obtained a judgment against Tate and then purchased the singer's home at a court ordered auction for $120,000. He has since placed the Belle Meade home on the market. Though originally listed at $649,000, the asking price has been reduced to $614,900.
Hoskins had filed suit in Nashville seeking to attach song royalties Tate receives, but the bankruptcy filing put that effort on hold.
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