Tyler Zmick is an associate in the Chicago office and a member of the firm’s Class Action Defense Group. Clients turn to Mr. Zmick for representation in complex privacy and consumer-related class actions, and in individual and complex claims arising under federal and local employment laws, such as Title VII, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and federal labor laws. Mr. Zmick defends companies in class action litigation involving the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) and counsels them on the rapidly evolving landscape of privacy legislation, including biometric-specific statutes and broader information privacy statutes. He also represents employers in complex discrimination and wage-and-hour cases, and he has defended clients with a national presence in numerous industries, including health care, retail and e-commerce, telecommunications, food processing, finance, and transportation.
Mr. Zmick is a 2016 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, where he was articles editor for the University of Illinois Law Review, and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Admissions
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Education
- University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2016
- Articles Editor, University of Illinois Law Review - University of Wisconsin--Madison, B.A., 2008
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Senior Associate, 2025-present
- Associate, 2022-2024 - Seyfarth Shaw LLP
- Associate, 2021-2022 - Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Associate, 2016-2021
Honors and Awards
- Named to Super Lawyers Illinois Rising Stars List, 2024-2025
Professional Activities
Chicago Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association
Selected Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, “BIPA and Privacy Litigation in 2023,” Duane Morris LLP, May 16, 2023, New York, NY
Speaker, “BIPA and Privacy Litigation in 2023,” Duane Morris LLP, January 19, 2023, Chicago, IL