Donald C. Tyler has been practicing law in Florida for over 35 years, initially with a nationally known law firm, before serving the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, first as an Administrative Judge, hearing employment discrimination cases brought by Federal employees against Federal agencies, and then as a Trial Attorney in the Commission’s Miami District Office litigating and trying EEOC cases in the United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida.  While a Commission Trial Attorney, Don also advised EEOC Investigators regarding the course, direction and legal sufficiency of the factual conclusions of on-going EEOC investigations. Don also served, on a voluntary basis, as the EEOC Miami District Office Union Steward and the Vice President and Delegate to EEOC Local 3599 of the National Council of EEOC Locals 216, where, in 1998, he helped initiate the first ever transition of power from one long-term National Council President into a tradition of representative democracy, with regular, competitive presidential elections.

After thirteen years of service with the Commission, Don spent a decade as Director & Senior Associate Counsel for Litigation, Labor and Employment Law at a major publicly traded cruise line.  Next, Tyler served 14 years as Senior Corporate Counsel for Litigation, Labor & Employment Law for a leading publicly traded global manufacturing company. At both companies Tyler directed the corporations’ national and international litigation defense and prosecution in individual actions and class actions involving suppliers, customers, and employees while advising human resources professionals, senior executives and Chief Executive Officers regarding litigation avoidance in the areas of employment law, labor law, contract law, restrictive covenants, antitrust law, data privacy, consumer product protection, and other legal areas.  

A native of Cheyenne, Wyoming, a twin, and the sixth of eleven children, (six of whom went to law school); Don always wanted be a lawyer. He graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, with a B.A. cum laude in Economics and graduated from Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  After graduating from HLS, Don moved to South Florida to begin his legal career.

Don is the father of four young adults, including identical twins, he lives in the Greater Fort Lauderdale Area, and enjoys travel, kayaking, walking, great music and the beach!