Senior Assistant Attorney General
Constitutional Offices
Contact Info
Office: 614-466-2872
Fax: 614-728-7592
Tyler.Blair@OhioAGO.gov
Tyler joined the Attorney General’s Office in 2025. Before joining the Constitutional Offices Section, Tyler served as a Judge Advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2017–2024, achieving the rank of Major. During his time in uniform, Tyler served in multiple roles. As Defense Counsel he represented clients in jury and bench trials, several as first-chair. Successful outcomes for his clients resulted in his leadership nominating him for Marine Corps Defense Counsel of the year. Tyler was then competitively selected to serve as an Assistant General Counsel on a deployment. There, he worked as the sole legal advisor to a Middle East task-force commander overseeing U.S. combat missions targeting ISIS. For his work advising senior leaders on the deployment, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.
Following deployment he was selected to serve in the Navy Appellate Division. As a Senior Appellate Counsel, Tyler briefed and argued Constitutional and statutory issues in the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals and the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He also supervised and mentored newer counsel in drafting appellate briefs.
Following his time on Active Duty, Tyler and his family returned to Ohio where he then served as an Assistant Prosecutor for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office from 2024–2025. He first tried cases as a line prosecutor and then worked for the appellate unit where he briefed cases in the 8th District Courts of Appeals and the Ohio Supreme Court.
Tyler, his wife, and three lively children reside in Greater Cleveland.
BAR ADMISSIONS
- State of Ohio (2016)
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
- United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
- Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals
AWARDS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Marine Corps Defense Counsel of the Year, Eastern Region, 2019
- Outstanding Trial Practice Award for the Class of 2016
EDUCATION
- The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law, J.D., 2016
- Ohio University, B.A., cum laude, 2013