Tyler Adams is a trial lawyer and a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was an editor on the Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal, as well as the Co-President of UVA Lone Star Lawyers. Mr. Adams was a summer associate at AZA in 2022 and 2023.

Before law school, Mr. Adams served on active duty as a Medical Service Corps Officer in the U.S. Army, including a combat deployment to Afghanistan as the Executive Officer of a Forward Surgical Team. Mr. Adams obtained his Master of Arts in Criminal Justice from Arkansas State University while pursuing his military commission through the U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps. He also earned his Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and Sociology from The University of Arkansas, where he graduated magna cum laude.

EDUCATION

University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2024

• Pat Tillman Scholar
• Lone Star Lawyers, Co-President
• Mock Trial Association, Tournament Finalist
• Virginia Law Veterans, Member

Arkansas State University, M.A. in Criminal Justice, 2016

• Summa Cum Laude
• Battalion Commendation (U.S. Army ROTC), Outstanding Graduate Student
• Thesis: Online Radicalization and Extremism: Individual Attributes Leading to Exposure

University of Arkansas, B.A., in Criminal Justice and Sociology

• Magna cum laude
• Fulbright Honors College Scholar
• Thesis: Analyzing the Impact of Federal Legislation and Law Enforcement Intervention on Right Wing Extremism