John S. Tanner

John S.

Tanner

Of Counsel

Overview

John is a former Congressman for the U.S. House of Representatives for the Eighth Congressional District of Tennessee. He focuses his practice on governmental relations.

Distinctions

  • U.S. House of Representatives for the Eighth Congressional District of Tennessee, Former Congressman
  • Social Security Subcommittee and Ways and Means Subcommittee, Chairman
  • House Armed Services and House Science Committees, Member
  • Chief Deputy Whip, the Democratic Congress in the 109th, 110th and 111th Congresses
  • Democratic Blue Dog Coalition, Co-founder
  • U.S. House delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Chairman
  • NATO Parliamentary Assembly, President, 2008-2010
  • Tennessee House of Representatives, Representative, 1976-1988
  • Tennessee Army National Guard, Retired Colonel, 1974-2000
  • U.S. Navy Reserve Judge Advocate General’s Corps, Judge Advocate, 1968-1972
  • Board Member, Board of Visitors for the Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy and the U.S. Military Academy
  • Union City Rotary Club, Past President and Paul Harris Fellow
  • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Advisory Board, Member

Bar Admissions

  • Tennessee, 1968
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1972

Education

  • University of Tennessee, J.D., 1968
  • University of Tennessee, B.A., Business Administration, 1966

Associations

  • Center for Strategic and International Studies Board
  • Atlantic Council Board
  • Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Board

Papers, Presentations & Publications

  • Featured in Back on His Own Schedule in the National Journal.
  • Published in Stanford Law & Policy Review on Congressional Gerrymandering

John S.

Tanner

Overview

John is a former Congressman for the U.S. House of Representatives for the Eighth Congressional District of Tennessee. He focuses his practice on governmental relations.

Distinctions

  • U.S. House of Representatives for the Eighth Congressional District of Tennessee, Former Congressman
  • Social Security Subcommittee and Ways and Means Subcommittee, Chairman
  • House Armed Services and House Science Committees, Member
  • Chief Deputy Whip, the Democratic Congress in the 109th, 110th and 111th Congresses
  • Democratic Blue Dog Coalition, Co-founder
  • U.S. House delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Chairman
  • NATO Parliamentary Assembly, President, 2008-2010
  • Tennessee House of Representatives, Representative, 1976-1988
  • Tennessee Army National Guard, Retired Colonel, 1974-2000
  • U.S. Navy Reserve Judge Advocate General’s Corps, Judge Advocate, 1968-1972
  • Board Member, Board of Visitors for the Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy and the U.S. Military Academy
  • Union City Rotary Club, Past President and Paul Harris Fellow
  • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Advisory Board, Member

Bar Admissions

  • Tennessee, 1968
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1972

Education

  • University of Tennessee, J.D., 1968
  • University of Tennessee, B.A., Business Administration, 1966

Associations

  • Center for Strategic and International Studies Board
  • Atlantic Council Board
  • Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Board

Papers, Presentations & Publications

  • Featured in Back on His Own Schedule in the National Journal.
  • Published in Stanford Law & Policy Review on Congressional Gerrymandering