• Graduate Certificate, Christian Wisdom, Holy Apostles College and Seminary, 2021
• JD, University of South Dakota School of Law, 1998
• BS, Education and English, University of South Dakota, 1991

• Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Court
• Rosebud Sioux Tribal Court (Sicangu Oyate Bar Association)
• United States Tax Court
• Yankton Sioux Tribal Court
• Accredited Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of General Counsel
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit
• United States District Court, District of South Dakota
• South Dakota Bar Association

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• Simmons, Tom E.. The Crack in Space, 8. Iss. July 2024 Tonopah, NV: The N3F Review of Books, 2024.
• Simmons, Tom E.. R.I.P. RAP, 196. Vol. 69 Vermillion, SD: South Dakota Law Review, 2024.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Ultramodern Undue Influence. Cora Gables, FL: JOTWELL, 2023.
• Simmons, Tom E.. RAP Traps, 374. Vol. 68 Vermillion, SD: South Dakota Law Review, 2023.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Soviets on Venus. Georgetown, KY: Finishing Line Press, 2023.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Brother to All: The Life and Witness of St. Charles de Foucauld. Catholic Books Review, 2023.
• Simmons, Tom E.. 1-2 Peter and Jude. Garden City, NY: Catholic Books Review, 2022.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Fraud Reconsidered. Coral Gables, FL: JOTWELL, 2022.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Heinlein's Fine Lines, 9. Vol. 21, Iss. 9 Louisville, Kentucky: Alexiad, 2022.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Inconceivability, Horror, and the Mercy Seat, 212. Vol. 67, Iss. 3 Vermillion, South Dakota: South Dakota Law Review, 2022.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Steve Dikto, My Socratic Mentor, 14. Iss. 91 Southgate, Michigan: Diktomania, 2022.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Journeys to Heaven and Hell: Tours of the Afterlife in the Early Christian Tradition. Garden City, NY: Catholic Books Review, 2022.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Critical Race Judgments: Rewritten U.S. Court Opinions on Race and the Law, 20. Iss. July 2022 Pierre, SD: South Dakota Bar Newsletter, 2022.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Light at the Torn Horizon., Editors Pierre Hegy. Garden City, NY: Catholic Books Review, 2022.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Verbum Domini and the Complementarity of Exegesis and Theology. Garden City, NY: Catholic Books Review, 2022.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Coenobium: Reflections on Monastic Community. Garden City, NY: Catholic Books Review, 2022.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Re-Reading Ishi's Story: Interpreting Representation in Two Worlds, 81. Vol. 34 Minneapolis, MN: Wicazo Sa: A Journal of Native American Studies, 2022.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Northern Cheyenne Ledger Art by Fort Robinson Breakout Survivors, 99. Vol. 61, Iss. 1 Minneapolis, MN: Journal of the West, 2022.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Prophetic Witness to Joy: A Theology of the Vowed Life., Editors Pierre Hegy. Garden City, NY: Catholic Books Review, 2022.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Frank: Sonnets., Editors Rebecca Valley. Vermont: Drizzle Review, 2022.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Phases of the Moon: A Cultural History of the Werewolf Film, 142. Vol. 6 Fantastika Journal, 2022.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Mercy and the Rule of Law: A Theological Interpretation of Amoris Laetitia., Editors Pierre Hegy. Garden City, NY: Catholic Books Review, 2021.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Other Worlds., Editors Sandra J. Lindow and Herb Kauderer . SPECPO, 2021.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Scars That Never Bled: An Exploration of Frankenstein Thought Through Poetry., Editors Jean-Paul Garnier . Joshua Tree, CA: Star*Line, 2021.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Restraining the Unsupervised Fiduciary, 208. Vol. 66, Iss. 2 Vermillion, SD: South Dakota Law Review, 2021.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Teilhard de Chardin on the Eucharist: Envisioning the Body of Christ. Garden City, New York: Catholic Books Review, 2021.
• Simmons, Tom E.. An Estate Plan for Kanye West, 195. Vol. 39, Iss. 1 New York, New York: Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law J., 2021.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Reinforcing Autonomy and Displacing Guardianships with SDMs (reviewing Legislating Supported Decision-Making, 58 Harvard J. on Legislation 313 (2021)). Coral Gables, Florida: JOTWELL, 2021.
• Simmons, Tom E.. S is for Sentence, 128. Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh: Cyberwit, 2021.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Christ versus Satan in Our Daily Lives: The Cosmic Struggle Between Good and Evil. Garden City, New York: Catholic Books Review, 2021.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Goddess Bandit of the Thousand Arms, 20. Vol. 44, Iss. Spring 2021 Star*Line, 2021.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Jurisliterature in a Humanistic Nutshell (reviewing Advanced Introduction to Law and Literature). Patiala, Punjab: RGNUL Student Research Rev., 2021.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Studies of Familiar Birds: Poems. Barrelhouse Magazine, 2021.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Listening to a Listener, xvi. Vol. 66, Iss. 1 Vermillion, South Dakota: South Dakota Law Review, 2021.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Audubon's Sparrow: A Biography in Poems. Romeoville, Illinois: Jet Fuel Review, 2021.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Nostoc. North of Oxford, 2021.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Black Sun., Editors George Phillies, 5. Iss. 18 Tonopa, Nevada: The N3F Rev. of Books, 2021.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Resurrecting Justice: Reading Romans for the Life of the World. Catholic Books Review, 2020.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Aviatrix Tricks. Heavy Feather Review, 2020.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Galatians: Life in the New Creation. Catholic Books Review, 2020.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Tod Browning Loose-Leaf Encyclopedia, 108. Allahabad, Punjab: Cyberwit, 2020.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Law and Justice in Japanese Popular Culture: From Crime-Fighting Robots to Dueling Pocket Monsters, 191. Vol. 5, Iss. 2 State College, Pennsylvania: Journal of Asia-Pacific Pop Culture, 2020.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Medicaid Algorithmic Opacity and a Transparent Solution (reviewing Access to Algorithms, 88 Fordham Law Rev. 1265 (2020)). JOTWELL, 2020.
• Simmons, Tom E., and Goetzinger, Patrick G.. South Dakota's "Trust Task Force", 637. Vol. 26 Trusts & Trustees, 2020.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Saint Paul’s Trial Narrative in Acts: Imperium Romanum vs. Vasileia tou Theou, 317. Vol. 65 South Dakota Law Review, 2020.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Christian Purpose Trusts, 643. Vol. 53, Iss. 3 Omaha, Nebraska: Creighton Law Rev., 2020.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Hell: A Guide. Catholic Books Review, 2020.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Remote Execution of Wills and Living Wills Under the Supreme Court’s Emergency Order, 28. Iss. 5 South Dakota Bar Newsletter, 2020.
• Simmons, Tom E.. No Justice for Agnes: The Strange Death of Agnes Polreis and the Sensational South Dakota Murder Trials of Emma Kaufmann, 350. Vol. 50, Iss. 2 Pierre, SD: South Dakota History, 2020.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Protecting Plaintiffs Post-Settlement with a Trust, 8. Iss. 309 Barrister, 2020.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Purpose Trust Cy Pres, 67. Vol. 45, Iss. 1 ACTEC Journal, 2020.
• Simmons, Tom E.. A Trust for Ted's Head, 20. Vol. 88 Mississippi Law Journal Supra, 2019.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Let’s Discuss the Moral Status of Liminal Others (reviewing "Robot Rights"), 412. Vol. 46 Science Fiction Studies, 2019.
• Simmons, Tom E.. An Incapacity Push-Back (reviewing Sean M. Scott, Contractual Incapacity and the Americans with Disabilities Act,123 Dickinson L. Rev. 253 (2019)). JOTWELL, 2019.
• Simmons, Tom E.. The Day is Now Far Spent, 7. Iss. CXXVIII Latin Liturgy Association Newsletter, 2019.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Innovative Strategy for Creating a Quasi-Dynastic Trust, 1. Vol. 46, Iss. June, 2019 Estate Planning, 2019.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Conflict-of-Interest-Infected Virtual Representatives and a Cure, 1. Vol. 64 South Dakota Law Review, 2019.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Supreme Court of India: The Beginnings. India Law Journal, 2019.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Living in Technical Legality: Science Fiction and Law as Technology, 54. Vol. 3 MOSF Journal of Science Fiction, 2019.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Book Review, 36 Shofar: Interdisc. J. Jewish Stud., no. 3, 2018, at 190 (reviewing Johann Chapoutot, The Law of Blood: Thinking and Acting as a Nazi (2018)).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Law and Politics of Constitutional Courts: Indonesia and the Search for Judicial Heroes, 328. Vol. 8 Indonesia Law Review, 2018.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Hitler's Ostkrieg and the Indian Wars: Comparing Genocide and Conquest, 106. Vol. 57 Journal of the West, 2018.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Law at Little Big Horn: Due Process Denied, 107. Vol. 57 Journal of the West, 2018.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Book Review, 52 Law Tchr. 236 (2018) (reviewing Michael J. Bazyler & Robert M. Jarvis, Law and The Holocaust: U.S. Cases And Materials (2017)).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Privacy and Surveillance in Nursing Homes, Jotwell (Oct. 8, 2018) (reviewing Karen Levy, Lauren Kilgour, & Clara Berridge, Regulating Privacy in Public/Private Space: The Case of Nursing Home Monitoring Laws, 26 Elder Law J. 323 (2018)), available at SSRN, https://lex.jotwell.com/privacy-and-surveillance-in-nursing-homes/ .
• Simmons, Tom E.. Book Review, 9 ImageText: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies, no. 3, 2018, http://www.english.ufl.edu/imagetext/archives/v9_3/simmons/ (reviewing Humans and Paragons: Essays On Super-Hero Justice (Ian Boucher ed., 2017)).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Dispensing (With) Electronic Wills (reviewing Absorbing South Australia’s Wills Act Dispensing Power in the United States: Emulation, Resistance, Expansion, 38 Adelaide Law Rev. 1 (2017). JOTWELL, 2018.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Book Review, 10 J. Graphic Novels & Comics 479 (2019) (reviewing Hillary L. Chute, Why Comics? From Underground to Everywhere (2017)).
• Simmons, Tom E.. A Will for Willa Cather, 83 Mo. L. Rev. 642 (2018).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Book Review, 14 L. Culture & Human. 533 (2018) (reviewing Nazi Law: From Nuremberg to Nuremberg (John J. Michalczyk, ed., 2018)).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Book Review, Film & Hist., Summer 2018, at 61 (reviewing Axel Bangert, The Nazi Past In Contemporary German Film: Viewing Experience Of Intimacy And Immersion (2014)).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Homestead: A (New) Hope, 63 S.D. L. Rev. 75 (2018).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Unmasked Lex Text, 8 Comics Grid: J. Comics Scholarship 17 (2018) (reviewing Thomas Giddens, On Comics and Legal Aesthetics – Multimodality and the Haunted Mask of Knowing (2018)), http://doi.org/10.16995/cg.134.
• Simmons, Tom E.. To Authorize Sex with Oneself via Proxy or Advance Directive (reviewing Sexual Advance Directives, 68 Alabama Law Rev. 1 (2016). JOTWELL, 2017.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Future Interests? Meet Chattels! (reviewing Future Interests in Personal Property, 14 Harvard Law Rev. 397 (1901)). JOTWELL, 2017.
• Simmons, Tom E.. A Chinese Inheritance, 30 Quinnipiac Prob. L.J. 124 (2017).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Actuarial Soundness, the Meaning of “Commensurate” and a “Sniff Test”, 13 NAELA J. 167 (2017).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Book Review, 21 Edinburgh L. Rev. 463 (2017) (reviewing Shakespeare and Judgment (Kevin Curran ed., 2016)).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Book Review, 5 Korean J. Int’l & Comp. L. 245 (2017) (reviewing Eminent Domain: A Comparative Perspective (Iljooing Kim, Hojun Lee & Ilya Somin, eds., 2017)).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Court Columns, Rapid City Journal and Yankton Press & Dakotan (2017).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Leach v. Hyatt: Recasting Indefiniteness, 43 ACTEC L. J. 121 (2017).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Of Kings and Queens and Their Wills, 45 History: Reviews of New Books 109 (2017) (reviewing Suzannah Lipscomb, The King is Dead: The Last Will and Testament of Henry VIII (2016) and Michael L. Nash, Royal Wills in Britain from 1509 to 2008 (2017)).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Post-obit ADA Claims, S.D. Rep., Nov. 2017, at 11.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Prequel to Homestead, 62 S.D. L. Rev. 327 (2017).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Westerns: A Women’s History, 40 J. Amer. Culture 301 (2017) (reviewing Victoria Lamont, Westerns: A Women's History (2017)).
• Simmons, Tom E.. When Robots Trespass, Space Rev. (Jan. 16, 2017), http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3146/1.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Wrongful Death Conflicts for Plaintiffs’ Attorneys, Barrister, Nov./Dec. 2017, at 7.
• Simmons, Tom E.. How to Die: Biomarker Adjuncts to Death Accelerants (reviewing A Fate Worse than Death? How Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Could Affect End-of-Life Choices, 12 Indiana Health Law Rev. 651 (2015)). JOTWELL, 2016.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Mapping Chinese Trusts with a Patrimony Compass (reviewing Re-Clarifying China’s Trust Law: Characteristics and New Conceptual Basis, 36 Loyola Los Angeles International & Comparative Law Rev. 447 (2015)). JOTWELL, 2016.
• Simmons, Tom E.. "Granny Goes to Jail" Redux, NAELA News, Apr./May/June 2016, at 27.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Book Review, 12 NAELA J. 159 (2016) (reviewing International and Comparative Law on the Rights of Older Persons (Ralph Ruebner, Teresa Do & Amy Taylor eds., 2015)).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Book Review, 46 S.D. Hist. 364 (2016) (reviewing James D. McLaird, Hugh Glass: Grizzly Survivor (2016)).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Intersectionality Problems with Gendered Disability Discrimination, S.D. Rep., July 2016, at 8.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Killer Robots: An Apologia, Wake Forest Common L. (March 30, 2016), http://wakeforestlawreview.com/2016/03/killer-robots-an-apologia/.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Oklahoma Tax Commission v. United States: Death Taxes on Restricted Indian Personalty, 42 ACTEC L.J. 47 (2016).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Pregnancy, S.D. Rep., Nov. 2016, at 12.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Sexbots; An Obloquy, Wisc. L. Rev. Forward 45 (2016), http://wisconsinlawreview.org/sexbots-an-obloquy/.
• Simmons, Tom E.. The Unfortunate Provincialism of the Space Resources Act, Space Rev. (January 25, 2016), http://thespacereview.com/article/2910/1.
• Simmons, Tom E.. The Wrongheadedness of the POMS Pooled Trust Rules and an Unfortunate But Recently Noted Chinese Parallel, 43 Rutgers L. Rec. 117 (2016), http://lawrecord.com/2016/05/17/the-wrongheadedess-of-the-poms-pooled-trust-rules-and-an-unfortunate-but-recently-noted-chinese-parallel/.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Wills Above Ground, 23 Elder L.J. 343 (2016).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Problems that Result from Granting Freedom of Religious Exercise to US Corporations, 63. Vol. 8 Cape Town: International Journal of Religious Freedom, 2015.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Book Review, Shofar: Interdisc. J. Jewish Stud., Fall 2015, at 145 (reviewing The Law in Nazi Germany: Ideology, Opportunities and the Perversion of Justice (Alan E. Steinweis & Robert D. Rachlin eds., 2013)).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Deploying the Common Law to Quasi-Marxist Property on Mars, 51 Gonzaga L. Rev. 101 (2015).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Disability Discrimination in the Form of Ad Hoc Examinations, 6 Neb. L. Rev. Bull. 2 (2015).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Medicaid as Coverture, 26 Hastings Women's L.J. 275 (2015).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Testamentary Incapacity, Undue Influence, and Insane Delusions, 60 S.D. L. Rev. 101 (2015).
• Simmons, Tom E.. The Intersection of Agency Doctrine and Elder Law: Attorney-in-Fact Authority to Arbitrate Nursing Home Claims, 49 J. Marshall L. Rev. 39 (2015).
• Simmons, Tom E.. What Zombies Can Teach Law Students: Popular Text Inclusion in Law and Literature, 66 Mercer L. Rev. 729 (2015).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Book Review, 47 J. Popular Culture 899 (2014) (reviewing The 'Evil Child' in Literature, Film and Popular Culture (Karen J. Renner ed., 2013)).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Judicial Memoirs, Neb. Law., Jan./Feb. 2013, at 13 (reviewing Warren K. Urbom, Called to Justice: The Life of a Federal Trial Judge (2012) & Warren L. Dwyer, Ipse Dixit: How the World Looks to a Federal Judge (2007)).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Understanding the Challenges and Limitations of Guardianship Proceedings, in Establishing a Guardianship for Elder Law Clients 105 (Aspatore, Inc. ed., 2013).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Pooled Trusts, S.D. Rep., July 2012, at 9.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Decanting and its Alternatives: Remodeling and Revamping Irrevocable Trusts, 55 S.D. L. Rev. 253 (2010).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Integrating IRAs with SNTs, NAELA Special Needs Law Sec. Newsl., Fall 2010, at 8.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Using Trusts to Settle Lawsuits, 19 Prob. & Prop., Nov./Dec. 2005, at 52.
• Simmons, Tom E.. When Gift Planning Goes Awry, Nat'l L.J., Feb. 14, 2005, at 13.
• Simmons, Tom E.. Rights of Access to the Courts by Individuals with Disabilities, S.D. Rep., July 2004, at 14.
• Simmons, Tom E.. A Guide to South Dakota’s Disability Discrimination Laws: Limits and Vantages, 47 S.D. L. Rev. 389 (2002).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Territorial Justice Under Fire: The Trials of Peter Wintermute, 1873-1875, 31 S.D. Hist. 91 (2001).
• Simmons, Tom E.. "Working" With the ADA's "Regarded As" Definition of a Disability, 5 Tex. F. C.L. & C.R. 27 (2000).
• Simmons, Tom E.. How Medication Affects the Existence of an ADA Disability, S.D. Rep., Nov. 2000, at 6.
• Simmons, Tom E.. State Immunity from Federal Disability Discrimination Laws: Provisions of the ADA and Rehabilitation Act Declared Unconstitutional, S.D. Rep., Nov. 1999, at 8.
• Simmons, Tom E.. The ADA Prima Facie Plaintiff: A Critical Overview of Eighth Circuit Case Law, 47 Drake L. Rev. 761 (1999).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Case Survey: A Brief Survey of Selected South Dakota Supreme Court Cases Decided in 1997, 43 S.D. L. Rev. 261 (1998).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Highways, Hunters and Section Lines: Tension Between Public Access and Private Rights, 2 Great Plains Nat. Resources J. 240 (1997).
• Simmons, Tom E.. Note, Twisted Interests: People in Interest of S.A.H. and the State of Open Adoptions in South Dakota, 42 S.D. L. Rev. 537 (1997).

• Commissioner, Uniform Laws Commission, 2023
• AV Preeminent Attorney - Judicial Edition, Martindale-Hubbell, 2023
• America's Most Honored Lawyers, American Registry, 2022
• Law Teacher of the Year, Knudson School of Law, AALS, 2020
• Inclusion in Best Lawyers in U.S. in area of Trusts and Estates ("Lawyer of the Year for Trusts and Estates in Sioux Falls"), Best Lawyers (27th ed.), 2020
• John Wesley Jackson Memorial Award for Outstanding Professor of Law, USD School of Law, 2020
• Academic Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), 2019
• Law Teacher of the Year, USD School of Law, AALS, 2018
• John Wesley Jackson Memorial Award for Outstanding Professor of Law, USD School of Law, 2018
• Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel (ACTC), 2017
• Cutler Award for Excellence in Legal Education, USD School of Law, 2016
• Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 2016
• Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), 2013
• AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register Peer Review Rating, 2013

• Simmons, Tom E., Medicaid & Asset Protection. Presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting, Pierre, SD. (June 12, 2024)
• Simmons, Tom E., Problems with Estate Assets. Presented at the Heart of America Institute, Omaha, NE. (December 20, 2023)
• Simmons, Tom E., Capacity Conundrums and Faulty Fiduciaries. Presented at the Inconceivable! Fiduciary Circumstances that You Never Imagined (but Probably Should), Minneapolis, MN. (November 05, 2023)
• Simmons, Tom E., IYKYK -- DAPTs (If You Know, You Know -- Domestic Asset Protection Trusts). Presented at the 2023 Fall Forum, Sioux Falls, SD. (October 01, 2023)
• Simmons, Tom E., Changing Children into Cheerleaders who Champion Civil Chievalry (or 'Charity Clarity'). Presented at the West River Estate & Financial Planning Council, Rapid City, SD. (June 15, 2023)
• Simmons, Tom E., Rescuing Thomas James White Hawk from the Chair. Presented at the 55th Annual Dakota Conference, Sioux Falls, SD. (April 21, 2023)
• Simmons, Tom E., Strange Statutory Foundations and Terribly Tricky Treasures in Trusts. Presented at the Siouxland Estate Planning Council, South Sioux City, Nebraska. (March 15, 2023)
• Simmons, Tom E., Rural Professional Responsibility. Presented at the South Dakota Law Review on Rural Lawyers, Vermillion, SD. (March 01, 2023)
• Simmons, Tom E., Estate Planning with Electronic and Regulated Assets. Presented at the ALI-CLE/ACTEC, virtual. (November 21, 2022)
• Simmons, Tom E., With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Superheroes & the Law. Presented at the Popcorn CLE Series, Mineola, New York. (October 27, 2022)
• Simmons, Tom E., Regulatory Oversight of Fiduciary Services for Hire: Up to Snuff or Not Enough? . Presented at the 2022 Fall Forum, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (October 06, 2022)
• Simmons, Tom E., Statutory Foundations: Let’s Discuss the Fuss, the Nonplus, and the Superfluous. Presented at the Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, Snowmass Village, Colorado. (September 10, 2022)
• Simmons, Tom E., Trusts for Your First Rodeo -- and Beyond. Presented at the Prairie Family Business Association, Sioux Falls, SD. (April 28, 2022)
• Simmons, Tom E., Inconceivability, Infanticide, and Irascibility: Debra Sue Jenner and Discretionary Parole. Presented at the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Conference, Vermillion, SD. (March 24, 2022)
• Simmons, Tom E., Purpose Trusts: Plague, Panacea, or Just Plain Puzzling?!. Presented at the Professor's Corner, virtual. (March 08, 2022)
• Simmons, Tom E., Tax-Crushing Trusts. Presented at the Siouxland Estate Planning Council, South Sioux City, NE. (March 01, 2022)
• Simmons, Tom E., Legal Ethics. Presented at the Trusts from A to Z, virtual. (December 13, 2021)
• Simmons, Tom E., The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists vs. Offshore Finance. Presented at the vGlobal 2021 Conference, UK. (December 06, 2021)
• Simmons, Tom E., Legal Implications of the Coming Zombie Apocalypse. Presented at the Nassau Academy of Law, Nassau, Long Island, New York. (October 26, 2021)
• Simmons, Tom E., Handling Unique Assets. Presented at the Fall National Meeting, virtual. (October 10, 2021)
• Simmons, Tom E., Governor's Trust Task Force Updates. Presented at the Fall Forum, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (September 17, 2021)
• Simmons, Tom E., Probate Problems, Predicaments, Petitions, & Pleas. Presented at the Annual Meeting & Seminar, Sioux Falls, SD. (June 19, 2021)
• Simmons, Tom E., Traditional, Untraditional, and Wacky Trusts. Presented at the 89th Annual Meeting, Sioux Falls, S.D.. (June 18, 2021)
• Simmons, Tom E., Estate Planning & Administration Ethics. Presented at the A Little Bit of This and That IX: A Look at Some Things You Should Know When Practicing Civil Law, Sioux City, IA. (November 20, 2020)
• Simmons, Tom E., The Law of the Jungle: Hobo Justice in Pre-War America. Presented at the Rural Legal Scholars Workshop, virtual. (October 30, 2020)
• Simmons, Tom E., Unwrought. Presented at the 2020 Festival of Books, virtual. (October 20, 2020)
• Simmons, Tom E., Trust Beneficiaries in US Jurisdictions. Presented at the Digital Week, London (virtual). (October 19, 2020)
• Simmons, Tom E., Governor's Trust Task Force Updates. Presented at the 2020 Fall Forum, Sioux Falls, SD. (October 09, 2020)
• Simmons, Tom E., Who is Your Client?. Presented at the Administrative Law Program, webinar. (September 29, 2020)
• Simmons, Tom E., Directed Trusts: Making Them Work. Presented at the ACTEC/ALI CLE, webinar. (July 22, 2020)
• Simmons, Tom E., Remote Estate Planning 2.0. Presented at the South Dakota Bar Association, webinar. (June 25, 2020)
• Simmons, Tom E., Foundational Issues. Presented at the The 21st Century Trust: Evolution, Innovation, Adaptation, Omaha, Nebraska. (February 21, 2020)
• Simmons, Tom E., Unwinding Irrevocable Trusts. Presented at the South Dakota Bar Association 87th Annual Meeting, Rapid City, SD. (June 20, 2019)
• Simmons, Tom E., Legalities with Charitable Gifts. Presented at the Fiesta at the Falls, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (May 08, 2018)
• Simmons, Tom E., Income Tax Concerns with Purpose Trusts. Presented at the Tax Update XXXIX, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (December 08, 2017)
• Simmons, Tom E., Introducing Virtual Representation. Presented at the 1st Annual Fall Forum, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (October 27, 2017)
• Simmons, Tom E., "Granny['s Lawyer] Goes to Jail" Redux. Presented at the NAELA Lunch and Learn, webinar. (January 18, 2017)
• Simmons, Tom E., Property Law Works-in-Progress. Presented at the AALS 111th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. (January 04, 2017)
• Simmons, Tom E., UBIT Me. Presented at the Tax Update XXXVIII, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (December 09, 2016)
• Simmons, Tom E., Donative Trusts and Equity at Common Law. Presented at the Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, People's Republic of China. (June 24, 2016)
• Simmons, Tom E., Topographical Emphases in Hugh Glass Narratives, 1825-2015. Presented at the 47th Annual Dakota Conference: Where the West Begins?, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (April 24, 2015)
• Simmons, Tom E., Cutting Edge and Bleeding Edge Medicaid Planning. Presented at the West River Estate and Financial Planning Council, Rapid City, SD. (July 10, 2014)
• Simmons, Tom E., In Defense of South Dakota Asset Protection Trusts. Presented at the Siouxland Estate Planning Council, Sioux City, Nebraska. (January 15, 2014)
• Simmons, Tom E., How the Crummey Crumbles: Present Interest Gift Planning with Trusts. Presented at the Tax Update XXXV CLE, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (December 13, 2013)
• Simmons, Tom E., Business Trusts, S-Corp Trusts, Pre-Mortem Planning and Other Recent Developments in the Law of Trusts. Presented at the Business Law CLE, Rapid City, South Dakota. (October 18, 2013)
• Simmons, Tom E., Grantor Trusts. Presented at the Tax Update XXXIV CLE, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (December 13, 2012)
• Simmons, Tom E., Estate Planning for Individuals with Disabilities. Presented at the Trusts 101, Rapid City, South Dakota. (July 15, 2012)
• Simmons, Tom E., Substituted Judgment: Powers of Attorney, Guardianships, and Conservator-Created Estate Plans. Presented at the Sioux Falls Estate Planning Council, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (April 15, 2012)
• Simmons, Tom E., Closing the Estate. Presented at the The Probate Process Start to Finish, Rapid City, South Dakota. (February 15, 2012)
• Simmons, Tom E., LTC & Assisted Living: Estate Planning; Management of Costs., Vermillion, SD. (February 13, 2012)
• Simmons, Tom E., (Program Chair). Presented at the Elder Law: Representing the Aging Client CLE, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (September 15, 2011)
• Simmons, Tom E., Pooled Trusts: An Introduction and Personal History. Presented at the NAELA Special Needs Summit, New Orleans, Louisiana. (May 15, 2010)
• Simmons, Tom E., Decanting a Vintage Trust: Prepare the Funnel and Cheesecloth. Presented at the Seventh Annual Estate Planning for Professionals Seminar, South Sioux City, Nebraska. (June 15, 2009)
• Simmons, Tom E., Domestic Asset Protection Trusts and South Dakota Trust Updates. Presented at the West River Estate Planning Council, Rapid City, South Dakota. (September 15, 2006)
• Simmons, Tom E., Developing Communication Skills and Relationships with Diverse Clients. Presented at the NAELA Annual Symposium, San Francisco, California. (May 15, 2005)
• Simmons, Tom E., (Program Chair). Presented at the Tax Update XXVI CLE, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (December 15, 2004)