Biography of G. Gary Tyack

G. Gary Tyack served as a Judge on the 10th District Court of Appeals for a total of 24 years. He has also served on the Worthington School Board, as well as a visiting judge on the Ohio Supreme Court. Mr. Tyack is a U.S. Army Vietnam veteran and has served on numerous nonprofit organization boards such as Community Housing Network, Neighborhood House, Maryhaven’s Board of Directors, and United Cerebral Palsy of Central Ohio, as well as being an active member of the Worthington United Methodist Church.

G. Gary Tyack is a former judge for the Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals. He served for the first time on this court from 1986 to 1987. He was elected again to this position in 1990-2003. He was re-elected for the third time in 2006,. He served from 2007-2019.
 
Education
He received his B.A. degree in religion and math from the College of Wooster in 1968. After working on mathematics graduate work at the University of Wisconsin in Madison (1971-1972), he earned his J.D. from the Ohio State University College of Law in 1974. In 2000, he received his master's degree in theological studies from the Methodist Theological School in Ohio.
 
Career
Gary Tyack began his career in 1975 as a private practice lawyer. He then joined the 10th District Court of Appeals in 1986, but returned to the private law practice the next year. He worked in this capacity until 1991, when he joined the 10th District Court of Appeals for the second time. He also worked as an adjunct professor at the Capital University Law School in 1992 and served as a faculty member of the Ohio Judicial College. During his time on the bench, Tyack also held the position of presiding judge (1997), administrative judge (1996, 2001) and visiting judge with various courts, including with the Ohio Supreme Court (1991-1997).