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Jim Tanner is a sports and entertainment agent certified by both the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) and the Women's National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA). Tanner is the founder and President of Tandem Sports + Entertainment, with clients including Tim Duncan, Ray Allen, Grant Hill, Tamika Catchings, Jeremy Lin, Thaddeus Young, Marvin Williams, John Henson and others.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://basketball.realgm.com/info/agent_clients/Jim-Tanner/5 )〕 In 2006, Tanner was named to the ''Sports Business Journal'' and ''Washingtonian'' "40 Under 40" lists and he has twice been recognized by ''Sports Illustrated'' as one of the "101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://sportsagentblog.com/interview-with-the-agent/jim-tanner/ )〕 ==Background== As an undergraduate student, Tanner attended his homestate University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill on a Morehead-Cain Scholarship - the first merit scholarship program established in the United States and one of the most selective at public universities today.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article9116504.html )〕 After graduating with a B.A. in English Literature ('90), Tanner continued his education at the University of Chicago Law School ('93), where he studied under then-Professor, now President, Barack Obama. Tanner began his legal career as a corporate and mergers-and-acquisitions lawyer with the Washington, D.C. office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. After four years, Tanner left the firm to work on the 1996 Clinton/Gore presidential campaign. Upon his return, Tanner was recruited by Williams & Connolly LLP to work alongside then-partner, Lon Babby. Between 1997 and 2010, Tanner and Babby led the Williams & Connolly sports law practice, representing athletes in the NBA and WNBA, as well as professional golfers Tim Clark and Perry Swenson and Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes. Between 2010, when Babby left the firm to become President of Basketball Operations for the Phoenix Suns,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5395993 )〕 and 2013, Tanner was solely in charge of the basketball and entertainment practice, notably signing Jeremy Lin in the aftermath of "Linsanity.”〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/21003/jeremy-lin-switches-agents )〕 In 2013, Tanner left Williams & Connolly with his client base to establish Tandem Sports + Entertainment, joined by fellow Williams & Connolly attorney, Helen Dooley, and basketball, marketing, and public relations staff. Tandem incorporated the previously independent Meredith Communications, founded by Meredith Geisler, to lead the public relations department. Since the launch of Tandem, the agency has expanded by Tanner’s signing of veteran NBA players such as Jason Richardson, C.J. Watson, and Wayne Ellington, in addition to two rookie Draft picks in 2014 (Thanasis Antetokounmpo and Jordan McRae).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://basketball.realgm.com/info/agent_clients/Jim-Tanner/5 )〕 In 2015, Tandem Sports + Entertainment was named to the ''Washington Business Journal'' list of "Best Places to Work" in the D.C. region.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/event/109491 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Tanner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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