Background
Simmons, Terry L. was born on October 21, 1954 in Santa Anna, Texas, United States.
Simmons, Terry L. was born on October 21, 1954 in Santa Anna, Texas, United States.
Baylor University (Bachelor of Business Administration, cum laude, 1977. Juris Doctor, 1978); Southern Methodist University (Master of Laws, 1984).
Worked at Thompson & Knight, A Professional Corporation. Admitted to the bar, 1978, Texas. Phi Delta Phi. Contributing Editor, West's Legal Forms, Estate Planning with Tax Analysis, Second Edition.
Speaker, "Charitable Giving Techniques," American Law Institute-American Bar Association Conference, May 30-31, 1991. Co-editor and Co-publisher, Charitable Gift Planning News. Co-Author: "Death and Taxes - I.R.S. Denies Deduction for Charitable Contribution of Life Insurance Policy," Probate and Property, Volume 5 No.
4, Sept/Oct 1991. Author: "Bargain Sales Revisited," New York University Seventeenth Conference on Tax Planning for 501 (C)(3) Organizations, 1989. Faculty, 1991 and Faculty Planning Committee of Texas School of Law, Nonprofit Organization Institute. Past President, National Board of Directors, National Committee on Planned Giving.
(Also Vice President and General Counsel, Baptist Foundation of Texas).
Member: Dallas (Member, Section on: Probate, Trusts and Estates. Tax Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation. Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law. Taxation). (Senior Vice President and General Counsel) (Also Of Counsel, Thompson & Knight).