Tyler Compton is an attorney in Bricker Graydon’s Public Finance Group and has a practice focused on economic development projects, including commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing, new community authorities (NCA), tax increment financing (TIF), community reinvestment areas (CRA), and joint economic development districts (JEDD). He provides general counsel services to energy special improvement districts and lender’s counsel to organizations that finance the energy efficiency projects through PACE. Tyler also has experience with state and local tax, including sales and use tax, and frequently represents port authorities on sales and use tax exemption projects and bond fund capital lease transactions.

Ty is a 2018 graduate of The Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law. While at OSU, he served as business editor of the Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution and as vice president of the school’s Sport and Entertainment Law Association.

For additional ways to contact Tyler Compton, you can reach his assistant Jackson Fox at 614.227.2342 or by email.

Education

The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, J.D. (2018); Business Editor, Ohio State Business Law Journal

Otterbein University, B.A. in Sports Management, magna cum laude (2015); Varsity football team captain; Varsity baseball team member, CoSIDA Academic All-American

Professional Activities

• Graduate, Columbus Bar Association's Barristers Leadership Program (2021)
• Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers

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Additional Items

• Co-Presenter, “Economic Development Tools for Local Governments,” Ohio Government Finance Officers Association Annual Conference (September 2024)
• Co-Speaker, "Bond Funds and Port Authorities," Ohio Auditor of State's Local Government Officials Annual Conference (March 2024)
• Moderator, “Traditional Lending Institutions and C-PACE Financing,” CDFA-Bricker PACE Webinar Series (September 2023)
• Speaker, “Port Authority Economic Development Training,” West Central Ohio Port Authority-Bricker Presentation (February 2, 2023)
• Speaker, “Tax Incentive Review Councils,” Ohio Economic Development Association Webinar Series (August 8, 2022)
• Speaker, "County Land Banks: Overview and Future Directions," County Commissioners Association of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio (March 2021)
• Speaker, "Revitalize Blighted Properties with Land Banks," Lorman Live Webinar (November 19, 2020)
• Co-author, "The Tax Angles of Ohio’s COVID-19 Response," Tax Notes State (August 3, 2020)
• Co-author, “Tax Increment Financing—Not Just for Public Use,” Ohio Municipal Service, Thomson Reuters (November/December 2019) (Volume 30, Issue 4)
• Co-author, "The Expanding Reach of Ohio’s Commercial Activity Tax," State Tax Notes (May 20, 2019)