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E. Warner  Bass

Nashville
P:(615) 742-6210
F:(615) 742-2710

Practices

Education
Vanderbilt University - J.D., 1966
University of North Carolina - B.A., 1963

Bar Admissions
Tennessee, 1966

Memberships
Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations

Honors & Distinctions
Order of the Coif
Case Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review , 1965-1966
Delegate, 1977 Tennessee Limited Constitutional Convention
Member, Planning Commission, City of Forest Hills, 1987—
Chairman, 1994—
Honorary Consul for Tennessee for Federal Republic of Germany, 1994—2005; Awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit
Lex Mundi College of Mediators
American Arbitration Association Panel of Mediators



Warner Bass is a Member of the firm's Commercial Practice Area and previously served as the firm's managing partner.  Since joining the firm in 1966, Mr. Bass has practiced in a broad range of areas, including litigation, labor law and corporate and securities matters. 

In more recent years, he has focused his practice on real estate transactions.  Additionally, Mr. Bass has undergone mediation and arbitration training and has been certified as both a mediator and an arbitrator.  Mr. Bass' legal experience includes:  
  • Counseling and representing sellers and buyers of real estate, including zoning and planning matters relating to such property.
  • Counseling and representing developers of a variety of projects, including office buildings, shopping centers, apartments and residential developments, including zoning and planning matters relating to such property.
  • Representation of lenders in connection with the construction and/or permanent financing of office buildings, shopping centers, apartments and residential developments.
  • Counseling and representing families with real estate holdings in connection with the management, development and/or disposition of such holdings.

Mr. Bass graduated from the University of North Carolina, where he was a Morehead Scholar.  He graduated in 1966 from Vanderbilt University School of Law, where he served as articles editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review and was selected for the Order of the Coif.  He then joined Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC in 1966.

In addition to his professional activities, Mr. Bass has served on various community and charitable boards.  He presently serves as chairman of the Planning Commission for the City of Forest Hills and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Civil War Preservation Trust, the Tennessee chapter of The Nature Conservancy, the Land Trust for Tennessee, Inc., and the Tennessee Performing Arts Foundation.  Mr. Bass also served in the Tennessee State Constitutional Convention of 1977.