Atty. Tyler L. Farmer
Tyler moved to Seattle in 2007 and became a partner of Harrigan Leyh Farmer & Thomsen LLP in 2010. He co-founded Martinez & Farmer LLP in 2025.
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Tyler L. Farmer is a business, ip, zoning, litigation, and appellate attorney based in Seattle, Washington, practicing at Martinez & Farmer LLP. They have 26+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2000. Admitted to practice in California (2000), District of Columbia (2001), and Washington (2008). Educated at University of Notre Dame (JD, 2000). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Appellate Practice (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Commercial Litigation (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law (2026). Serands clients in Seattle, WA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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About
- Tyler moved to Seattle in 2007 and became a partner of Harrigan Leyh Farmer & Thomsen LLP in 2010
- He co-founded Martinez & Farmer LLP in 2025
- Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America (Appellate, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property), Benchmark Litigation, Super Lawyers (Top 100), and Martindale-Hubbell rank Tyler among the top trial lawyers in the state
- He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, Fellow of Litigation Counsel of America and included on America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® lists
- Chambers USA 2024 lauds Tyler’s “significant experience representing his clients in trials” noting that he “is a popular choice for bet-the-company litigation [and has] further experience acting on employment and trade secret disputes.” “Tyler is very bright, concise and thorough
- His capacity for remembering the details throughout a lengthy and complex case is impressive.” “Tyler is laser-focused, sharp and doesn’t miss a beat.” As lead counsel, Tyler has dealt with class action and complex cases throughout the United States, including before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, and state and federal courts within California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, New Jersey, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Washington
- Recent “post covid” results include: – Enforced a minority shareholder’s rights by invalidating a purported option agreement on summary judgment and then resolved the lawsuit for immediate payment of 20 times the price stated in the invalidated agreement (2021) – On behalf of the City of Seattle, we defeated class certification in a putative class action arising from June 2020 protests after in-person class cert argument in WD Washington in April 2022 – After in-person bench trial in WD Washington in March – April 2022, we obtained an order dismissing all of the petitioning tribe’s claims to have treaty fishing rights in our client’s fishing territory. – After a 4 week jury trial, we obtained the trial court’s dismissal of the claim against our client (2020)
- affirmed by Court of Appeals after in-person argument (2022) – After obtaining dismissal of a CPA claim seeking to restrict a network’s Covid-19 news coverage, Tyler argued before the Court of Appeals (via Zoom), which affirmed the trial court win (2020 and 2021) – In federal court, we enforced a $30 mm real estate purchase sale agreement despite the buyer’s attempt to excuse performance based on Covid-19 regulations (2020) – In a complex Zoom arbitration following a $400 mm real estate transaction, we secured a ruling that the controlling owner had violated the governing declaration (2021) – In state court Nevada, we tried one of the first Covid era live jury trials regarding a complex breach of contract dispute (2021) In 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 Tyler was honored among the Top 100 attorneys in the state by Super Lawyers
- Additional information about Tyler’s experience is available in our Representative Matters
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
Tyler L. Farmer is one of 501,317 business attorneys indexed nationally. Browse business attorneys in Washington →
IP attorneys protect inventions, brands, and creative work through patent prosecution, trademark registration, copyright, and trade-secret enforcement.
Tyler L. Farmer is one of 106,079 ip attorneys indexed nationally. Browse ip attorneys in Washington →
Tyler L. Farmer is one of 40,226 zoning attorneys indexed nationally. Browse zoning attorneys in Washington →
Civil litigation attorneys for breach of contract, business disputes, civil rights, and class action lawsuits.
Tyler L. Farmer is one of 454,532 litigation attorneys indexed nationally. Browse litigation attorneys in Washington →
Appellate attorneys for civil and criminal appeals at state and federal court.
Tyler L. Farmer is one of 86,319 appellate attorneys indexed nationally. Browse appellate attorneys in Washington →
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Why local counsel matters in Washington
Practicing law in Washington. Legal matters in Washington are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Seattle are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Washington state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Washington brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Washington courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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