Hon. Tyson A. Crist

Favorite Flavor of Ice Cream: Butter Pecan

Judge Crist was appointed on June 3, 2025 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Ohio.

Judge Crist is a graduate of The College of Wooster (B.A. 1996) and The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D. 1999). He served as Law Clerk to the Honorable J. Rich Leonard, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, before joining the creditors’ rights, corporate trust, and business restructuring group of Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn Co., LPA in 2000.

Judge Crist was a partner of the firm since 2008, which later merged with Ice Miller LLP. He has been fortunate to litigate a variety of matters in bankruptcy and state courts, and to handle appeals to the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel and Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He primarily represented clients in bankruptcies and state court receiverships, protecting and restructuring financial interests, and enforcing debtor-creditor rights. His clients included unsecured creditors’ committees, liquidation and indenture trustees, governmental pension plans, financial institutions, and other creditors and business debtors.