John M. Tyson
| John M. Tyson | |
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| Judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Lisa C. Bell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 14, 1953 Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| Residence | Fayetteville, North Carolina |
| Alma mater |
University of North Carolina at Wilmington |
| Occupation | Judge |
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
John Marsh Tyson (born July 14, 1953) is an American jurist and government official, who currently serves as a Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. He also previously served on the court from 2001 to 2009.
Prior to serving on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, Judge Tyson worked at Tyson & Associates, where he practiced landlord-tenant, land use, and real property law, civil litigation and criminal defense. Judge Tyson is a Board Certified Specialist by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization for real property law, business, commercial, and industrial transactions, the only North Carolina judge so certified.
Judge Tyson's more than thirty years of professional experience includes the private practice of law, senior level corporate real estate development and counsel positions, and more than twenty five years as a Professor of Law and author.
Tyson is a member of the North Carolina and Virginia State Bars and a certified mediator and arbitrator. He is a past member of the North Carolina Property Tax Commission and past elected chairman of the Cumberland County Joint Planning Board and the Cumberland Soil and Water Conservation District. Judge Tyson is a frequent CLE presenter and author, and holds an AV-Pre-eminent peer reviewed rating from Martindale Hubbell.
Judge John M. Tyson was born in Cumberland County, North Carolina on July 14, 1953.
Judge Tyson graduated from Terry Sanford High School, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 1971. After graduating from high school, Tyson attended University of North Carolina at Wilmington, in Wilmington, North Carolina, and earned his Bachelor of Arts, (B.A.) degree with an English and Secondary Education emphasis, as a member of the Dean's List, in 1974.
He attended Campbell University's Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, in Buies Creek, North Carolina, and earned his Juris Doctor (J.D.) in 1979, the law school's inaugural class.
In addition, Judge Tyson has earned numerous professional degrees and accreditations. He attended Notre Dame Law School - through the London School of Economic & Political Science, in London, England, during their Summer Program, in 1977. In 1988, he attended Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, in Durham, North Carolina, and earned his Masters of Business Administration, (MBA). In 2001, He attended the New York University School of Law, in New York, for the Appellate Judges' Seminar, during the Summer of 2001. In May 2004, he attended the University of Virginia School of Law, in Charlottesville, Virginia, and earned a Master of Laws in Judicial Process, (LL.M.) degree.
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