Atlanta attorney and longtime WABE legal analyst Page Pate has died

Page Pate was a highly decorated attorney and longtime legal analyst for WABE. (Courtesy of Pate, Johnson & Church)

Story updated on Sept. 14 at 10:50 a.m.

Page Pate, a prominent Atlanta attorney who long served as WABE’s legal analyst, has died at the age of 55.

Emergency responders say a strong tide swept Pate and his teenage son offshore at Gould’s Inlet on St. Simon’s Island Sunday afternoon. According to the Brunswick News, his son was able to swim back to shore safely.