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Keith  B.  Simmons
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Nashville
P:(615) 742-6234
F:(615) 742-2734
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Education
Vanderbilt University - J.D., 1976
South Dakota State University - M.S., 1972
University of Kentucky - B.S., 1970

Bar Admissions
Tennessee, 1976

Memberships
Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations
National Association of Bond Lawyers

Honors & Distinctions
Listed in: Best Lawyers®; Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers in America; Mid-South Super Lawyers 2009; Nashville Post "In Charge" 2012
Chair of the Board of Directors of Lex Mundi, Ltd.
Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation
Board Chair, Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation
Board Chair, Urban Libraries Council
Board of Directors and former President, Nashville Public Library Foundation
Public Library Board of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
Board of Directors, Cumberland Region Tomorrow
Board of Directors, Rotary Club of Nashville
Advisory Board, Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Editorial Board, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1975-1976



Mr. Simmons joined Bass, Berry & Sims in 1976 and served as the firm's managing partner and chair of the firm's management committee from 1995 - 2012.

Mr. Simmons' practice specialty is public finance. His career as a public finance attorney spans almost three decades and has encompassed financings for some of the smallest communities in the State of Tennessee to major, high-profile transactions for the major metropolitan areas in the State, such as, the financing of LP Field, the home of the NFL's Tennessee Titans; the financing of the Bridgestone Arena, a multi-purpose arena located in downtown Nashville, which is the home of the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League; financings by various energy acquisition corporations formed under Tennessee's energy acquisition corporation statute, including financings to purchase long-term supplies of energy; and developing the use of public building authorities in Tennessee as a financing mechanism.

Mr. Simmons is a native Kentuckian. He spent two years in the United States Air Force as a missile launch officer where he also obtained a Master of Science in economics from South Dakota State University. He joined Bass, Berry & Sims upon his graduation from law school. He is active in community affairs, both locally and nationally, currently serving as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation; a member of the Board of Directors of the Nashville Public Library and the Nashville Public Library Foundation; a member of the Board of Directors of the Downtown Rotary Club; Chair of the Board of Directors of the Urban Libraries Council, an association of public libraries serving urban communities across the United States and Canada; and Chair of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms.