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Tyler Tarney

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Tyler Tarney is a seasoned litigator and trial lawyer whose national practice focuses on restrictive covenant and trade secret disputes. When a team walks out the door with clients, data, or colleagues—or when a competitor races to court for a TRO—clients turn to him for his deep experience with emergency injunctive relief and forensics, and his track record on both sides of the “v.” He has particular depth in the staffing industry and has obtained or defeated immediate injunctive relief in eight federal district courts from New York to Colorado.

Tyler also handles employment and complex commercial litigation, often involving bet-the-company exposure, immediate injunctive relief, and other high stakes. He has defended over 1,000 employment matters, from agency charges through federal appeals, securing dismissals, summary judgments, and Sixth Circuit wins. His commercial work has ranged from lead counsel in a RICO class action, to coordinated investor actions involving algorithmic forex trading, securities-fraud, and cryptocurrency, to unfair competition and trademark disputes, to aviation litigation brought by a former “Top Gun” pilot.

Tyler has represented clients in 18 federal district courts, dozens of federal circuit appeals, the Texas and Ohio Supreme Courts, and a wide range of state, regulatory, and arbitration forums. He has argued and won multiple Sixth Circuit appeals, been appointed as one of six national Liaison Counsel in the Opioid MDL, and taken or defended more than 700 depositions.

Tyler spent eight years teaching electronic discovery as an adjunct law professor. In law school, he graduated third in his class while serving on the Law Review executive board, clerking at a defense firm, and externing for Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey Sutton. Before law school, he played on the men’s golf team at Penn State.

  • Tyler represents companies, competitors, and executives in:
    Non-compete, client and employee non-solicit, and non-disclosure enforcement and defense.
  • Trade secret misappropriation under the Defend Trade Secrets Act and state trade secret statutes.
  • Employee raiding, team lift-outs, and duty-of-loyalty breaches.
  • Temporary restraining orders, preliminary and permanent injunctions, and contempt proceedings.
  • Tortious interference, unfair competition, deceptive trade practices, and trademark and Lanham Act disputes.
  • Employment litigation and complex commercial disputes.