Tanner S. Lenart
Attorney / Special Counsel
Tanner focuses her practice on regulatory matters before state and local governments, primarily the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services. Tanner represents clients in matters relating to beverage alcohol regulation, which includes a wide range of restaurants, hotels and entertainment establishments, as well as breweries, wineries, distilleries, wholesalers and importers, on legal, regulatory, and legislative matters. Tanner regularly counsels those involved in buying and selling businesses with alcohol licenses in Utah in relation to management agreements, licensing and permitting, and operational issues.
Tanner began as an associate at Christensen & Jensen in 2013 and has been Special Counsel since 2018. Prior to law school, Tanner was a bartender in Oxford, England and Wanaka, New Zealand. While in law school, she was a ski instructor at Park City.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Government Law
Restaurants/Hospitality and Alcohol Beverage Licensing & Compliance:
- Negotiate settlements with DABC for violations
- Assists with liquor license applications
- Advises clients regarding DABC policy, procedure, and best practices
- Procured client’s special use liquor permit with a waiver allowing additional alcohol to be served
- Handled multiple sales of liquor licenses, representing both buyers and sellers
- Consulted on obscure questions of liquor law regarding gift baskets, gift cards, and employee discounts for local and national clients
- Drafted compromise language for HB442, enacting sweeping changes in Utah liquor law, with Salt Lake Restaurant Association
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
- Admitted to practice in all Utah state courts and the United States District Court for the District of Utah
- Admitted to the United States Court of Federal Claims
- Utah State Bar Sections: Young Lawyers Division, Litigation, Women Lawyers of Utah, Salt Lake County
- Advisory Board Member, Salt Lake Area Restaurant Association
- Board Member, Books From Barristers
- American Inns of Court, Pupilage Group Leader
- American Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Utah State Bartender’s Guild
- Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association
EDUCATION
- University of Utah, J.D., 2011
- American Graduate School of International Relations, 2004
- Furman University, B.A., 2001
LECTURES & PUBLICATIONS
- Presenter of the Wine Law Virtual Course (Bartender Skills National CLM)
- Presenter, “Geocaching and CLE” at the Utah State Summer Bar Convention, 2019.
- Panelist, “Liquor and Mormons” at the Salt Lake Summer Sunstone Symposium, 2019.
- Panelist, “Utah Liquor Law Panel,” Utah Bartender’s Guild, March 2019.
- “An Expert for All Seasons,” Utah Bar Journal, March 2014.
- Panelist, “Setting Yourself Up for Success,” Women’s Law Caucus, April 2014.
- Speaker, “Help Them Help You: Dealing with the DABC,” Franchise Section of the Utah State Bar CLE, February 2014.
- Panelist, “Networking Skills,” Mentoring Marathon, Young Lawyer’s Division of the Utah State Bar, January 2014.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- US Ski & Snowboard, Judiciary Committee member – https://www.usskiandsnowboard.org/index.php/governance/committees-councils/judicial-committee
- Utah Wine Fest Judge – https://utahwinefest.com/
- Sopwith Camel Flight Club – https://www.sopwithcamelflyingclub.org/
- Deacon at First Presbyterian Church SLC – https://fpcslc.org/
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