Tanner receives MBA Hampshire County Community Service Award

The Hampshire County Bar Association nominated Tanner, a trial attorney at Bacon Wilson PC in Northampton, for the award. He served as the HBCA president from 2006 to 2007 and served on the Executive Committee from 2004 to 2009. Tanner has also been active in the MBA for years.

Tanner, a captain in the U.S. Army Reserves, is on the Board of Directors of the People's Institute of Northampton, which provides educational, recreational and social services to the community. He also sits on the Executive Committee of Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc., a non-profit dedicated to sustaining agriculture in Western Massachusetts; and is a member of the Florence Civic and Business Association.

A volunteer at the Hampshire county United Way, Tanner coaches youth soccer for both the Northampton Parks and Recreations Department and the Northampton Soccer Club. He previously donated his time to Big Brothers/Big Sisters.

A four-time recipient of the SuperLawyers Rising Star Award from Boston magazine, Tanner is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers in America and of both the Hampshire and Hampden Bar Advocates Inc.