Tanner is an associate in the Los Angeles office. Tanner has experience participating in client interviews, conducting legal research, forming litigation strategy, drafting appellate briefs, and preparing discovery. Tanner’s practice is primarily involved in employment law related matters, including wage and hour class action lawsuits, single-plaintiff employment discrimination matters under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act, and advice and counsel. Prior to joining Reed Smith, he worked as a law clerk for a personal injury law firm and was a 2021 summer associate at Reed Smith.
While in law school, Tanner served as an extern to the Honorable Sandra S. Ikuta of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Tanner also participated in Pepperdine’s Ninth Circuit Appellate Advocacy Clinic, where he co-authored two appellate briefs for the Ninth Circuit and successfully achieved a positive settlement for a pro-bono client claiming violations of his constitutional rights. During law school, Tanner also worked as a Legal Research and Writing Teaching Assistant for first-year law students and worked as a Research Assistant, researching various issues related to animal law. Tanner also served as a Note & Comment Editor for Pepperdine Law Review.