J. Tyler Mayhew

Tyler Mayhew serves as Chair of the firm’s Human Resources Department and focuses his practice on labor and employment law, commercial litigation and appellate litigation. Tyler advises employers on human resources and compliance matters, and employment policies. He also defends employers against claims asserted in court, before administrative tribunals and in arbitration. He has successfully defended employers from employee discrimination & harassment claims, misclassification claims, wage & hour claims, deliberate intent claims, and wrongful termination claims.

Tyler also represents businesses in complex commercial disputes, and in appellate matters before the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, the Supreme Court of Virginia and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Tyler earned his law degree from the West Virginia University College of Law in 2010, where he was president of the WVU Environmental Law Society and a member of The West Virginia Law Review. Prior to joining Bowles Rice, Tyler clerked for the Hon. David J. Joel, Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.

Tyler is a board member of the Eastern Panhandle Society for Human Resource Management (EPSHRM) and the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (VADA), and a member of the labor & employment sections of both the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia (DTCWV) and the Defense Research Institute (DRI).