Madison Tanner is an Associate in the San Diego office of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, where her practice focuses on labor, employment, education, business and facilities, and workplace health and safety matters for public and private education clients. She advises clients on a broad range of operational, employment, and transactional issues and serves on the firm’s Executive Committees for the Private Education and Business and Facilities practice groups.
In her labor and employment practice, Madison counsels clients on responding to complaints of unlawful harassment and discrimination, handling employee discipline and termination matters, and addressing a variety of employment and student-related issues. She also assists with drafting and revising employment agreements, enrollment contracts, and handbooks to support compliance and effective institutional operations.
Madison also advises clients on business and transactional matters, including vendor contracts and disputes, services agreements, facilities use agreements, activity waivers, transportation agreements, and technology agreements. Her practice includes reviewing contracting, procurement, construction, and property-related agreements, with a focus on achieving practical, legally sound outcomes and promoting best practices for risk prevention.
As a member of the firm’s Workplace Health and Safety practice group, Madison played a key role in developing resources and training materials that have helped hundreds of clients comply with workplace violence prevention requirements.
Prior to joining LCW, Madison worked at a Northern California law firm specializing in alcohol beverage law and real estate transactions. She also served as a law fellow for the University of California, Davis Audit and Management Advisory Services, where she gained experience with internal operational audits.
During law school, Madison further developed her interest in serving public agencies through clerkships with the California Office of Legislative Counsel and the University of California Office of the President.
