John (Jack) M. Tanner
Fairfield and Woods PCJack M. Tanner, Esq., helps solve business disputes, employing traditional and atypical litigation tactics to obtain the best results for his clients. He has represented clients in all aspects of complex commercial litigation and arbitration, including contracts, business torts, receiverships, intellectual property, and construction matters. He clients have included Kinder Morgan, Noble Energy, Microsoft, and Time Warner Telecom. Mr. Tanner has served on the Colorado Bar Association Ethics Committee since 1996, and was its chair 2020-2021. He is a frequent lecturer on legal ethics, particularly ethics for in-house counsel. He has authored several articles on legal ethics, including; “In-House Counsel, Ethics, Whistleblowing, and Ethics,” 49 Colo. Law. No. 6, p. 29 (June 2020); “Top 10 Things In-House Counsel Need to Know about Ethics,” 45 Colo. Law No. 7, p. 59 (July, 2016); and “The New Rules of Professional Conduct: Significant Changes for In-House Counsel,” 36 Colo. Law No. 11, p. 71 (November, 2007). Mr. Tanner has practiced with the Denver, Colorado full-service business law firm of Fairfield and Woods since 1987. After graduating from Duke Law School (with honors) in 1986 and prior to joining Fairfield and Woods, he served as law clerk to Justice (later Chief Justice) Luis Rovira of the Colorado Supreme Court. Mr. Tanner graduated from Rice University in 1983. He has been active in Rice University's alumni activities in Colorado since his arrival in 1986, and served a three-year term on the Board of the Association of Rice Alumni in Houston concluding in 2016. He enjoys acting as his firm's unofficial movie critic.
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