Tyler N. Hayes

   Direct Dial:       517.775.6442

   Facsimile:         616.847.1223

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PRACTICE

Tyler’s practice is focused primarily on transportation law and related issues.  He advises and represents carriers, freight brokers, shippers, and logistics companies across the broad range of legal issues particular to those in the transportation industry, including contract negotiation and litigation, freight bill collections, regulatory issues, cargo claims and liability under the Carmack Amendment, employment/non-competition agreements, and bankruptcy and creditor’s rights.

Tyler also represents corporate and individual clients in general civil litigation relating to contracts and commercial transactions, construction law, land use, fraud, and various business torts.

EDUCATION

       Michigan State University College of Law, JD, magna cum laude

       Southern Utah University, BA, French Language and Literature

ADMISSIONS

       State Bar of Michigan

       United States District Court, Western District of Michigan

       Unites States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Michigan

       United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

       United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Michigan

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

       Transportation Lawyers Association

       Michigan Trucking Association

       Business Law Section, State Bar of Michigan

       Litigation Section, State Bar of Michigan

            Planning Commission, City of Grand Haven

  Board of Directors, Transportation Club of West Michigan

  Ottawa County Bar Association

  Grand Haven Area Young Professionals

LANGUAGES

       French

      PERSONAL

Tyler is a fitness and outdoor recreation junkie who lives in Grand Haven with his wife Line, and their two children, Kaїa and Canyon.  Although a desert rat to the core, he loves water almost as well as rock and is happy to call the Third Coast, West Michigan, home.