Tanner is a lawyer in Dallas, Texas. He attended Brigham Young University and Columbia Law School, where he graduated as a James Kent Scholar. After graduation, he clerked for Chief Judge David Nye of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho.
Alongside his practice, he maintains a commitment to scholarship. His research explores how common law principles can resolve contemporary problems in administrative and intellectual property law.
Before law school, he was a copywriter at an advertising agency, where his work won a Clio award and a One Show pencil.
PUBLICATIONS
Articles and Essays
A Common Law Theory of Ownership for AI-Generated Properties, __ J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc’y __ (forthcoming 2024), w/Arjun Padmanabhan.
Salvaging the Speaker Clause: the Constitutional Case Against Non-Member Speakers of the House, ___ U. Pa. J. Const. L. ____ (forthcoming 2023) w/ Kade Allred & Adam Reed Moore.
Prestige and Process at CDC: Reconciling Administrative Expertise with Adaptive Management, ___ Charleston L. Rev. ____ (forthcoming 2023) w/ Arjun Padmanabhan.
The Advantages of Giving Up: Greece and the Futile Quest to Force the Parthenon Marbles Home by Judgment, 29 Colum. J. Eur. L. 129 (2023).
The Post-Pandemic Order: A Blueprint for Balancing Health and IP Interests in the Age of Viral Variants, 10 Penn. St. J.L. & Int’l Aff. 1 (2022), w/ Arjun Padmanabhan.
Growing Up: The 1996 HCCH Child Protection Convention and Age Assessment, (2022), available at https://assets.hcch.net/docs/0edc5a90-9a94-402e-8fb4-3b9d27a6aab5.pdf, (Grand Prize Winner, HCCH Approach Convention).
Other Works
Ancient Heritage and Contemporary Causes of Action, Colum. J. Transnat’l L. Bull., (Nov. 3, 2020) https://www.jtl.columbia.edu/bulletin-blog/ancient-heritage-and-contemporary-causes-of-action-a-conversation-with-geoffrey-robertson-qc.
Works in Progress
Accession as a Means for Allocating Copyright Interests in AI-Generated Works (forthcoming 2023) w/ Arjun Padmanabhan