Tyler C. Murray

Tyler Murray is an accomplished trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor who focuses his practice on government enforcement defense, internal investigations, and complex civil litigation.  He brings to clients a wealth of senior level government experience, having held multiple leadership positions at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, including five years as Chief of the Financial Crimes Section.  Tyler also has considerable experience leading trial and investigation teams.  He has first- or second-chaired 18 federal trials, including in sophisticated white collar cases, and has directed hundreds of investigations.  In addition, he has been lead counsel in over a dozen appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh and Second Circuits.   Since joining Quinn Emanuel in 2023, Tyler has represented clients in complex civil and criminal cases in both federal and state courts.  He also has represented companies and boards in high-stakes confidential and public investigations.  Among the public investigations, Tyler represents the FTX debtors and affiliated entities, conducting investigations into fraud, corporate malfeasance, and other misconduct, which has led to multiple adversary proceedings.  Tyler also has represented multinational corporations and financial institutions in connection with DOJ and SEC investigations, and internal investigations based on allegations of financial misconduct. 

As Financial Crimes Chief at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Tyler oversaw or personally handled many of the Office’s most significant fraud prosecutions in the areas of financial services, health care, securities, government contracts, tax, insurance, and bankruptcy.  He also supervised matters involving money laundering (traditional and crypto currencies), cybercrime, and corporate embezzlement.  Tyler routinely managed prosecutions with parallel civil and regulatory proceedings, including False Claims Act cases.  He also has substantial experience with corporate resolutions, including in securities, FCPA, and OSHA matters, and the evaluation of corporate compliance programs.  Tyler held multiple other leadership positions at the Office, and nationally with DOJ.  Of recent note, he was appointed to lead federal law enforcement’s efforts in the Chicago area to combat fraud related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was among three prosecutors nationwide selected to supervise DOJ prosecutions involving scarce medical supplies (overseeing the central third of the country).  Tyler also served as Chair of the Greater Chicago Financial Institution Fraud Task Force and Co-Chair (with the Federal Reserve Board OIG), of the Illinois Fraud Working Group.  During his tenure at DOJ, Tyler received multiple awards for exceptional service.   

In addition to his practice, Tyler is an adjunct professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School, where he teaches federal white collar criminal law.  Tyler has been invited to speak to U.S. and foreign government officials, and private sector audiences, on a variety of government enforcement and internal investigation topics.  He also was an instructor at the DOJ National Advocacy Center, where he taught federal prosecutors both white collar law and trial advocacy.   Tyler is active in Chicago’s civic community.  Among other roles, he serves on the Board, and as CFO and Treasurer, of the Federal Problem-Solving Courts Foundation, which provides financial support to the Northern District of Illinois Restorative Justice Courts.

Earlier in his career, Tyler clerked for the Honorable John F. Grady and the Honorable Blanche M. Manning, both of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.