Tyler Yagman

Tyler Yagman’s practice concentrates on identifying and litigating complex and class action matters on behalf of individuals and institutions. Tyler focuses on plaintiff-side antitrust, securities, governance, blockchain, and consumer protection litigation.

Prior to joining the legal field, Tyler was an institutional fixed-income trader of mortgage-backed securities and high-yield esoteric debt instruments. He is also uniquely positioned as one of the few early blockchain technology trailblazers, founding a blockchain development and mining group in 2011 and has since been involved in the blockchain technology space in various capacities. Tyler served as the founding Co-Chair of the Blockchain Law Subcommittee and serves as a member of the Digital Technology Law Task Force at the New York City Bar Association. 

Tyler was a research assistant at the Research Lab for Law, Logic & Technology, where he operated as part of a team that created artificial intelligence tools to assist U.S. veterans with navigating their veteran benefit appeals hearings.

Tyler has co-authored two commentary publications to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on proposed rule changes to the accredited investor definition and on the facilitation of digital asset management by registered broker-dealers. He’s spoken on panels and was recently interviewed on a podcast about the future of securities as financial markets enter the age of asset tokenization. 

His work was cited in a recent SEC final rule redefining the accredited investor definition and modernized investor protection standards.

• Tyler Yagman & Nicholas Bruno, Comment Letter on Proposed Rule: Amending the “Accredited Investor” Definition (Mar. 15, 2020)
• SEC Accredited Investor, 17 C.F.R. §230.215 (2020) (citing to note 231 within the Final Rule)
• Nicholas Bruno, et al., Comment Letter on Policy Statement: Custody of Digital Asset Securities by Special Purpose Broker-Dealers (Apr. 12, 2020)

Education

• Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University Doctor of Law – JD, Law
• University of Miami Bachelor’s Degree, Economics and Business Law

Bar Admissions

• New York State
• Northern District of Illinois

Professional Associations

• Co-Chair, Blockchain Law Institute 2022
• New York City Bar Association
• Member, Task Force on Digital Technologies -Subcommittee on Distributed Ledger Technologyand Blockchain 2023-Present
• Founding Member, Technology, Cyber and Privacy LawCommittee, Co-Chair, Blockchain LawSubcommittee 2020-2023
• Member, Antitrust Regulation Committee, 2020-2022• Member, Consumer Affairs Committee, 2020- 2021

Case Results

• Martin v. Ford, No. 1:23-cv-04142 (N.D. Ill.) (Shareholder derivative suit against Abbott Laboratories, a major infant formula manufacturer, alleging that its board breached fiduciary duties by not implementing stronger oversight in its formula production.)

Speaking Engagements

• Podcast Guest, (Working Title: Blockchain and the Future of Everything- A Miniseries), Broward Bar Buzz, November 2024
• Podcast Guest, Recap- House Committee on Financial Services’ 6/6/24 Hearing on Tokenization of Real-World Assets, Aug.8 2024
• Panel Leader, “What is a Security Token and Why it Matters” at New York City Bar Association Blockchain Law Institute 2022
• Panelist, “Blockchain Technology: Revolutionizing Privacy and Security” at the New York City Bar Association (Fall 2021)
• Presenter, “Blockchain Technology Fundamentals” at the New York American Inn of Court (Summer 2020)