Tanner is the founder and President of Tandem Sports + Entertainment, with clients including Tim Duncan, Ray Allen, Grant Hill, Tamika Catchings, Jeremy Lin, Thaddeus Young, Marvin Williams, and John Henson.
in English Literature (1990), Tanner continued his education at the University of Chicago Law School (1993), where he studied under then-Professor, now President, Barack Obama.
[2] Tanner began his legal career as a corporate and mergers-and-acquisitions lawyer with the Washington, D.C., office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Between 1997 and 2010, Tanner and Babby led the Williams & Connolly sports law practice, representing athletes in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA); PGA Tour golfer Tim Clark and LPGA golfer Perry Swenson; and Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes.
[3] In addition to representing a number of former UNC basketball players, Tanner serves on the Morehead-Cain Scholarship Fund Board of Directors.