Tyler Slack is an associate attorney in WilliamsMcCarthy’s litigation department and joined the firm in September 2013. Tyler offers legal services to clients in a broad range of practices areas including commercial, employment, and family law. Tyler represents both individuals and businesses throughout the northern Illinois region in state and federal courts, appeals, and arbitration proceedings, and has appeared in court on cases being litigated in Winnebago, Boone, Ogle, Stephenson, DeKalb, McHenry, Lee, Will, Lake and Cook counties. Tyler’s litigation experience includes:
• Representing individuals in all aspects of family law, including dissolutions of marriage, child custody, support, post-decree matters, orders of protection, and cases involving the entry of qualified domestic relations orders;
• Tort litigation including personal injury and property damage cases;
• Employment litigation in a variety of contexts, including administrative review proceedings under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, as well as cases involving breach of contract, wrongful termination, restrictive covenants, non-competition disputes, and cases involving restraining orders under the Illinois Workplace Violence Prevention Act;
• Probate and estate administration matters, including trust disputes and guardianship proceedings;
• Commercial contract and business disputes; and
• Commercial and residential lease disputes.
As a native of Sycamore, Illinois, and a resident of Rockford, Tyler has strong ties to both communities and the northern Illinois region. Tyler is a member of the Board of Directors of the Rock River Valley Pantry, and is currently the chair of the Pantry’s Peanut Butter Endowment Fund and is also a member of the client services committee. Tyler is also a graduate of the Rockford Chamber of Commerce business and civic leadership program, Leadership Rockford.
Prior to joining WilliamsMcCarthy, Tyler worked as a law clerk for the City of Chicago Department of Law.
Tyler is admitted to practice in the State of Illinois and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Winnebago County Bar Association and DeKalb County Bar Association.
