Tanner James Bean

Tanner Bean is an associate at Fabian VanCott who focuses on employment (typically employers' side), litigation, and appellate matters. Tanner joined Fabian VanCott after completing a clerkship at the Idaho Court of Appeals for the Honorable Molly J. Huskey. Tanner has particular experience in the intersecting areas of religious and LGBT discrimination found in workplaces, housing, public accommodations, and education. He has significant experience in COVID-19 issues that affect employers, including the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the CARES Act, and related areas of paid leave, payroll loans, workplace safety, and unemployment benefits. Tanner is licensed to practice in Utah and Idaho.

Tanner graduated with honors from Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School, where he served as President of the Trial Advocacy Team, Symposium Editor of the BYU Law Review, and Research Fellow and Student Management Board Member of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies. Tanner also received his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University in English.

Currently, Tanner serves with the J. Reuben Clark Law Society’s Young Lawyers/Student Chapters and Religious Freedom committees and is the founder of the Workplace Religious Accommodations Database (WRAD) Pro Bono Project. Apart from his law practice, Tanner balances his affinity for the outdoors with his love of ice cream.