Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Business & Commercial Disputes

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Co-Office Managing Partner - Seattle

Tyler is the Co-Managing Partner of the Seattle office. For over 20 years, Tyler Farmer has represented a broad spectrum of clients in courts around the country. Matters often include “bet-the-company” litigation, IP disputes, or corporate disputes and internal investigations. Tyler’s work has been noted by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America (Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, Appellate), Benchmark Litigation and other top legal directories.​

Tyler represents commercial property owners on a range of issues, including complex condemnation proceedings for large capital works projects, construction impact litigation, insurance coverage disputes, joint venture disputes, commercial lease disputes and disputes arising from purchase and sale agreements.

He has represented several clients in Federal Trade Commission matters and responses to investigations and compulsory process by several state attorneys general. Tyler has personally presented internal investigation results before the Securities and Exchange Commission, the FTC and boards of directors.

Tyler is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a Senior Fellow of Litigation Counsel of America.

Tyler has handled numerous high-stakes matters on behalf of clients throughout Asia, including internal investigations, patent licensing disputes, and financing disputes.

Before law school, Tyler taught middle school in Pensacola, Florida, through Americorps and Notre Dame’s ACE program and worked as a residential staff member at the Andre House homeless shelter in Phoenix, Arizona.