Bass, Berry & Sims Managing Partner Keith Simmons Elected to Lex Mundi Board of Directors
Nashville, Tenn., November 6, 2008 – Keith Simmons, managing partner at Bass, Berry & Sims, has been elected to the Board of Directors of Lex Mundi, the world's leading association of independent law firms. He will serve a four-year term. The election took place during the Lex Mundi 2008 Annual Meeting in Buenos Aires.
Simmons has been managing partner and chair of Bass, Berry & Sims’ management committee for 13 years. Before becoming managing partner, Simmons’ practice specialty was public finance. Active in community affairs, he is the founding president of the Nashville Public Library Foundation and a current board member. He also serves on the boards of Cumberland Region Tomorrow, Downtown Rotary and the Urban Libraries Council. Simmons is a graduate of Vanderbilt Law School.
About Lex Mundi
Lex Mundi has more than 160 member firms around the world, representing approximately 21,000 lawyers. Membership in Lex Mundi provides member firms with a trusted network of law firms that share similar values and a similar focus on quality through which they can access global legal resources that enable them to serve their clients better and to improve continuously all aspects of their firms. Member law firms are located throughout North America, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Through its nonprofit affiliate, the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation, Lex Mundi member firms provide pro bono legal assistance to social entrepreneurs around the globe. For more information, please visit http://www.lexmundi.com.
About Bass, Berry & Sims
With more than 230 attorneys representing numerous publicly-traded companies and Fortune 500 businesses, Bass, Berry & Sims has been involved in some of the largest and most significant business transactions and litigation matters in the country. For more information, visit www.bassberry.com.
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