Anna Gernert Carr

About Anna Gernert Carr

In my role as Managing Director for the Commercial Real Estate, Debt Finance and Public Finance Practice Groups at Bass, Berry & Sims, I work closely with the practice chairs and partners on overall practice group management with a focus on client service, growth and business development strategy, and attorney development and retention.Prior to rejoining Bass, Berry & Sims, I served as Senior Account Executive at SimplyAgree, where I worked with law firms nationwide to utilize technology to increase efficiency in the deal closing process. I led the company’s sales efforts and worked closely with the CEO & Chief Product Officer on growth strategy and goals. I also previously held various business development and leadership roles at Latitude, a provider of sophisticated flexible legal talent solutions to law firms and in-house legal departments.Before transitioning to the business side of law, I began my legal career as an associate at Bass, Berry & Sims, where I counseled public and private companies related to the commercial lending and real estate aspects of major transactions. I earned my law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law with High Honors where I served as articles editor for the Tennessee Law Review. I received a B.B.A. Magna Cum Laude in risk management and insurance with a minor in Spanish from the University of Georgia.

Experience

1. Managing Director, Commercial Real Estate, Debt Finance & Public Finance Practice Groups

   Bass, Berry & Sims

   Mar 2020 — Present · Nashville, TN, US

Education

• Universidad de Palermo

  Spanish Language and Literature

  2007 — 2007

• The University of Georgia

  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Risk Management and Insurance

  2005 — 2009

• University of Tennessee Winston College of Law

  Doctor of Law (JD)

  2009 — 2012