Tanner J. Wadsworth

Tanner Wadsworth represents corporations through all stages of complex civil litigation, from trial to appeal. He has significant experience taking and defending depositions. He has briefed complex dispositive motions, taken direct and cross-examination, and given closing arguments in federal court.

Tanner has defended major retailers and health care companies against wrongful death and negligence claims. On the plaintiff side, he has represented a leading national renewable energy firm in claims arising from the destruction of a large solar farm.

Tanner has an active pro bono practice. He is a member of the U.S. State Department's Hague Convention Attorney Network, which facilitates the return of wrongfully removed children to their home countries. He also maintains a commitment to scholarship. His research explores how traditional common law principles can solve contemporary problems in administrative and property law.

Locally, Tanner is active in the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers and the Judge Paul Brown American Inn of Court. Before entering law school, he was a writer at an advertising agency, where his work won a Clio Award and a One Show Pencil.