Tyler Maulsby

Tyler Maulsby is Deputy Managing Partner of the firm and a partner in the Litigation Group.

He is one of the country’s leading lawyers in the area of legal ethics and professional responsibility. Mr. Maulsby co-chairs the New York City Bar Association’s Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Legal Ethics, which is part of the Presidential Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies. He is the past president of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers and the past chair of the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Professional Ethics.

Mr. Maulsby represents law firms and individual lawyers in a wide range of legal ethics and professional responsibility matters, including legal malpractice litigation, legal fee disputes, partnership breakups, attorney discipline and admission matters, attorney departures and lateral hires, and law firm partnership agreements. He also provides ethics opinions and advice to lawyers and law firms and serves as an expert witness in attorney ethics and professional responsibility matters.

Mr. Maulsby also has an active commercial litigation practice, representing clients in state and federal courts and in arbitrations in connection with business breakups and partnership and other commercial disputes.

As a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense & Investigations Group, Mr. Maulsby also represents companies in high-stakes regulatory investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the New York Attorney General, and other federal, state, and local agencies. He also defends individuals in connection with criminal actions.

Mr. Maulsby is a frequent speaker on attorney ethics issues. Recent presentations have included, “Ethics: Anatomy of an Internal Investigation,” “Ethics for IP Lawyers: What’s New and What’s on the Horizon,” and “The Constitutional and Ethical Implications of Government Surveillance.” He has spoken at events sponsored by the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the New York City Bar, the California Lawyers Association, the New York Women’s Bar Association, the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, the Media Law Resource Center, the Practicing Law Institute, and others.

Mr. Maulsby is often quoted by the media as well, including in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg Law, The American Lawyer, The New York Law Journal, Law360, Law.com, Business Insider, and others.

Mr. Maulsby serves as an adjunct professor at NYU School of Law where he teaches Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility.

He is also a member of the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility and the ABA Standing Committee on Public Protection in the Provision of Legal Services.

Mr. Maulsby is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey and Arizona, as well as in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Before joining Frankfurt Kurnit, Mr. Maulsby was a criminal defense attorney with The Bronx Defenders, a public defense office in New York City.

Tyler Maulsby

Tyler Maulsby is Deputy Managing Partner of the firm and a partner in the Litigation Group.

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Tyler Maulsby

Tyler Maulsby is Deputy Managing Partner of the firm and a partner in the Litigation Group.

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Education

Contact

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Generative AI and Legal Ethics

Navigating Ethical Challenges for In-House Trademark Practitioners: Privileges, Duties, and Best Practices

Managing in the Face of Crisis

IP and Innovation | Ethics for Trademark Attorneys

Ethical Duties Surrounding Digital Technology Innovations

Legal Ethics of Using Artificial Intelligence/Generative AI

20th Annual Trusts & Estates Conference

LVLUP Legal: Empire State of Law

10th Annual Not-for-Profit Law Institute

California Lawyers Association: Shelter In Place Institute

3rd Annual LF Dealmakers Forum

Key Amendments to the New York Rules of Professional Conduct

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Key Amendments to the New York Rules of Professional Conduct

Law360’s Legal Lions Of The Week

Gibson Dunn Loses Fee Fight with Ex-Partner

Bloomberg Law’s On the Merits Podcast

Emerging Ethical Issues You Should Know

Ex-Gibson Dunn Partner Wins Over $557K In Retirement Fight

Attys Behind ChatGPT Fiasco Apologize To Client, 7 Judges

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz to Represent Lawyer Facing Sanctions for ‘Unprecedented’ ChatGPT-Generated Fake Case Captions

NY Construction Union Officials Cop To Bribery Scheme

Advokaten Magazine

Morelli Speaks Out About Legal Fight with Client Over $5.5M in Disputed Fees

High-Profile Personal Injury Lawyer, Client Who Won Record $20M Award Sue Each Other Over Part of Settlement

Big Law is Split on Letting Lawyers Trade Crypto

Ethics Awareness, Education Up as Attorney Discipline Falls

Movie Lawyers Could Use a Lesson in Legal Ethics

Out-of-State Lawyers Can Invest in Alternative Legal Businesses, ABA Ethics Committee Finds

Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up the Firm Ranks

Evan Greebel, Former Martin Shkreli Lawyer Convicted in Fraud Case, Resigns

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