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Tyler Speers is a litigation associate in O’Melveny’s Washington DC office. A member of the firm’s Securities Litigation & Financial Services group, Tyler focuses her practice on ERISA litigation and employment matters relating to pensions and compensation. Tyler has achieved favorable outcomes for her clients, including a Fortune 500 company facing fiduciary breach claims, earning client trust through her mastery of facts, strategic thinking, and efficiency.

Prior to joining O’Melveny, Tyler clerked for Justice Robin Hudson on the North Carolina Supreme Court and leverages her background to guide corporate representatives through complex discovery in high-stakes litigation matters. She has extensive experience in researching and drafting memoranda on various litigation issues, in addition to drafting legal motions and briefs and leading both offensive and defensive deposition preparation.

Tyler also maintains an active pro bono practice, focusing primarily on immigration and election law. Notably, Tyler assisted in the early stages of a US Supreme Court immigration case involving the interpretation of the Immigration and Nationality Act’s aggravated felony provision. She has also conducted significant legal research on the Electoral Count Reform Act and was a key contributor for a publication aimed at preventing and combatting election subversion.

  • Advised a multinational investment banking and financial services company in a series of FINRA arbitrations involving ERISA claims related to deferred compensation programs for financial advisors 
  • Advised a health care and pharmaceutical company and its affiliate on ERISA preemption issues relating to state regulation of pharmacy benefit manager activity 
  • Represented a multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company in massive litigation over drug marketing, which has now resolved the claims of thousands of state and local governments through a combination of trial victories, appellate wins, and historic settlement negotiations
  • Advised a semiconductor company on matters relating to its hosting agreement terms and payment disputes
  • Represented an international trade association in an amicus brief in support of a video hosting service facing a statewide ban of the application
  • Co-counsel for a civil rights organization in a state challenge alleging racial gerrymandering and vote dilution 
  • Assisted in early stages of a US Supreme Court immigration case involving interpretation of the Immigration and Nationality Act’s aggravated felony provision
  • Advised on an immigration matter in a Ninth Circuit appeal regarding denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture
  • Successfully negotiated a favorable settlement for a family separated at the US-Mexico border in an immigration matter

Languages

  • Spanish

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • North Carolina

Education

  • Duke University, J.D.: Giles-Rich-Stoner Scholar
  • University of North Carolina, B.A., Spanish: magna cum laude

Professional Activities

Clerkships

  • The Honorable Robin E. Hudson, State Supreme Court, North Carolina

Internships

  • Federal Public Defender, Charlottesville, VA
  • International Justice Mission, La Paz, Bolivia