Tyson Marx

After nearly nine years as an active-duty Navy JAG, Tyson Marx joined Ward & Berry as Senior Associate in 2020 where he was subsequently promoted to Counsel and then Partner. At Ward & Berry, Tyson represents clients on all aspects of federal procurement matters, including bid protests, contract disputes and termination litigation, appellate litigation, suspension and debarment matters, False Claims Act actions, teaming agreements and subcontracts, and small business matters. His experience extends across a diverse range of government contracting industries, including information technology and network solutions, intelligence, contingency operations, private security/private military, base operations support (BOS), and linguist/translation matters. Tyson currently holds a Top Secret/SCI clearance with the Department of Defense where he has been read on to various Special Access Programs (SAP) and litigated high stakes matters involving national security.

Tyson represented clients successfully in numerous bid protests before the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, and numerous federal agencies. Tyson has argued before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in classified protests involving billions of dollars and recently succeeded in overturning an adverse ruling from the Court of Federal claims by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Tyson also successfully forced the Government to favorably settle a multi-million dollar contract dispute over the Government’s breach of a Software-as-a-Service (SAAS) contract. Tyson has also engaged in extensive litigation between associate contractors, competitors, and prime contractors and subcontractors in both federal and state courts, involving damage claims of multiple millions of dollars centered on theft of trade secrets and breach of contract. 

Tyson draws upon his extensive experience defending Government actions as a Navy JAG to help attack Government actions that adversely affect his clients. Tyson hails from the great state of Texas. Prior to moving North for law school, Tyson worked at GMAC in their loss mitigation department during the beginning of the mortgage meltdown. Tyson is a member of the Texas, Virginia, and D.C. bars.