EXHIBIT 23.1


            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


The Board of Directors
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 of Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. of our reports dated February 22,
2006, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Pinnacle Financial
Partners, Inc. as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, the related consolidated
statements of income, stockholders' equity and comprehensive income (loss), and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
2005, management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, and the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, which reports appear
in the December 31, 2005 annual report on Form 10-K of Pinnacle Financial
Partners, Inc.



                                                         /s/  KPMG LLP


Nashville, Tennessee
March 28, 2006