Constitutional Law
Appellate Advocacy
Business Litigation

Tyler Brooks represents clients throughout the United States in cases involving free speech and other constitutional rights. He also represents clients in business litigation, employment disputes, and bankruptcy proceedings, as well as in trust and estate matters.  Tyler has successfully tried cases before judges and juries, has been counsel of record in class action litigation, and has acquired extensive experience with private arbitration.  Over his years of practice, he has earned a reputation for taking on complex cases that present especially unique issues requiring creative legal strategies and solutions, and he has frequently be asked to serve as local counsel for some of the nation's most respected lawyers.    

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Tyler has been interviewed by various journalists and media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, NTD News, Fox News at Night with Shannon Bream, Todd Starnes of Fox News Radio, the Daily Wire, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, the Santa Fe New Mexican, North State Journal, American Family Radio, the Charlotte Observer, Carolina Catholic Showcase, WRAL, Sacred Heart Radio, and Divine Mercy Radio Catholic 540-AM.

Before starting his own practice, Tyler worked for six years, first as an associate attorney and then partner, at a civil litigation firm based in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he primarily represented railroads and other clients in the transportation industry.  Much of this work focused on wrongful death and serious personal injury cases as well as employment law, including matters arising under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Often these matters required extensive briefing on questions of federal jurisdiction, venue, and preemption of state laws. He later practiced with a financial services law firm after serving as Senior Trial Counsel with a national, non-profit public interest organization.  Additionally, Tyler was previously an attorney with a business law firm in Raleigh, providing litigation support to a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee.  He has been an Adjunct Professor at Trinity International University's Trinity Law School and an Adjunct Instructor at the University of Memphis School of Law. ​

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Tyler has been named a “Rising Star” by SuperLawyers for multiple years and was selected as a North Carolina SuperLawyer for 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.  He was named to the North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society for 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 and named to the South Carolina Pro Bono Honor Roll in 2019 and 2020.​

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A Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and Past President of the Eastern District of North Carolina Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, Tyler previously served on the Section Council of the North Carolina Bar Association's Appellate Practice Section and currently serves on the NCBA's Appellate Rules Committee. 

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Tyler graduated summa cum laude from Wake Forest University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Latin with Departmental Honors. At Wake Forest, he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and Eta Sigma Phi (Classics Honor Society) and received the M.D. Phillips Prize in Classical Languages. He received his J.D. in 2006 from Vanderbilt University Law School, where he served on the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law as an Articles Editor and received awards for attaining the highest grade in his courses on Evidence and Corporations. He further holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Taxation with a Certificate in Estate Planning from Villanova University's Graduate Tax Program, through which he also completed advanced coursework in ERISA and employee benefits law.

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Following his graduation from Vanderbilt, Tyler served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Walter C. Kurtz, a trial court judge in Nashville and later Senior Judge for the State of Tennessee.  He then clerked for the Honorable Bernice Bouie Donald, who was at the time a United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee and later a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.  ​

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Tyler has published many legal articles and has moderated or taught several continuing legal education programs, particularly on the topics of civil and appellate procedure.  In addition to legal audiences, he has also spoken to various civic and social groups on legal matters, and he was recently a featured speaker at the 2023 National Sidewalk Advocates for Life Conference in Dallas, Texas.  

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A native of Greensboro and a graduate of Greensboro's Grimsley Senior High School, Tyler now resides in Asheboro, North Carolina.  He is admitted to practice law in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Michigan as well as numerous federal courts. 

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When not practicing law, Tyler enjoys firearms and target shooting, an activity he learned at a young age from his grandfather.  He is also an avid reader of history, politics, and theology.  

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