Tyler is licensed in Ohio as well as West Virginia — so clients in Lawrence, Gallia, and Scioto counties get one firm for the whole case, minutes across the bridge.
For the river communities — Ironton, Proctorville, Chesapeake, South Point, Gallipolis — Huntington is the nearest city, and for many families the nearest serious trial firm. The catch is licensing: a West Virginia-only lawyer has to refer your Ohio case away or associate Ohio counsel. We don't. Tyler is admitted in both states and handles Ohio matters directly.
Ohio law differs from West Virginia law in ways that matter. Ohio's injury limitations period is generally two years under Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.10, its comparative negligence rule bars recovery at 51% fault under § 2315.33, and claims against political subdivisions run into the immunity framework of Ohio Rev. Code Chapter 2744. Civil rights claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 belong in federal court either way. We brief both states' law every week; the river doesn't change the standard of work.
