Tyler Yagman focuses his practice on complex and class action litigation, representing individuals and institutions in plaintiff-side matters involving antitrust, securities, corporate governance, blockchain, and consumer protection.
Before entering the law, Tyler spent years as an institutional fixed-income trader, trading mortgage-backed, high-yield, and high grade debt instruments. That market experience informs how he thinks about financial litigation – not just legally, but mechanically.
Tyler is among a small group of practitioners with deep roots in blockchain technology predating its mainstream adoption. He founded a blockchain development and mining group in 2011 and has remained embedded in the space ever since – as a builder, advisor, and legal voice. At the New York City Bar Association, he served as founding Co-Chair of the Blockchain Law Subcommittee and currently sits on the Digital Technology Law Task Force.
His academic work includes a research role at the Research Lab for Law, Logic & Technology, where he contributed to the development of AI tools designed to help U.S. veterans navigate benefit appeals proceedings.
Tyler has co-authored two formal commentaries submitted to the SEC – one addressing proposed changes to the accredited investor definition, the other examining the facilitation of digital asset management by registered broker-dealers. His work on the accredited investor definition was cited in the SEC’s final rulemaking. He has also spoken on panels and been featured in podcast discussions on the future of securities as financial markets move toward asset tokenization.
- 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)
