Keith H. Burroughs

  • Distinctions

    Knoxville Bar Association

    • Immediate Past President (2019)
    • President (2018)
    • President’s Award (2009,2014)
    • Board of Governors (2010-2012)
    • Co-Chair Judicial Committee (2009-2014)
    • Co-Chair of the Law Office Management and Technology Committee (2006-2008)
    • Member of the Professionalism Committee (1999-2005)
    • Vice-Chair (1994-1995) and Co-Chair (1995-1996) of the Continuing Legal Education Committee

    Tennessee Bar Association

    • President’s Award (2005) for Dedicated and Exemplary Service to the Profession
    • Chair of the Tennessee Bar Association Study Committee of a Proposed Supreme Court Rule Governing Alternative Fee Dispute Resolution (2005)

    American Bar Association

    East Tennessee Foundation

    • Board of Directors (2009-2014)

    Wesley House Community Center

    • Board Member (2008-2011) (2013-15) Board Chair (2010)

    American Red Cross

    • Board of Directors, Knoxville Area Chapter (1996-2012)
    • Chapter Chairman(May 2004-2006)

    Helen Ross McNabb Foundation

    • Board Member (2002-2008)
    • Board Chair (fiscal year 2005-2006)

    St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation

    • Board of Directors (1997-2006)

    Member of Knoxville Estate Planning Council

    Active Member of Fountain City United Methodist Church

    Leadership Knoxville, Class of 2008

  • Areas of Practice

    Business Law: Trust, Estate Planning, Probate, Taxation, Business Organization and Planning, Business Sales and Acquisitions, Business Succession Planning

    Litigation: Estate and Trust Litigation

  • Education

    • University of Tennessee College of Business, B.S. cum laude 1984, Major in Accounting
    • University of Tennessee College of Business, M.Acc. 1985, Masters of Accountancy with concentration in Taxation
    • University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D. 1990
  • Admissions

    • Tennessee, 1990
    • United States Tax Court, 2001
    • United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee 2015