Michael Tyler, a partner at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton in Atlanta, specializes in cases involving complex commercial litigation, eminent domain and condemnation law, environment and product regulation, franchising, litigation, and product liability.

He was honored for a “40-year career [that] has forever changed Atlanta,” according to his nominator essay. Tyler is Kilpatrick Townsend’s first African-American partner and for years has been a firm leader as a member of its complex commercial litigation team and chair of its land use practice group.