Atake served in various judicial divisions of the High Court in the Mid-West that included the Benin, Warri and Agbor divisions. He handled a wide range of cases. It is on record that he was quick in the uptake. In his court, the dispensation of justice was fast and quick. He was highly principled, strong-willed. That reputation still precedes him in all the divisions he served either as a Magistrate or as a Judge of the High Court. Said Ephraim Akpata, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, in his autobiography Justice For All And By All (1994) at 148:
