Louis. She provides counsel in the areas of employment law, banking regulation and supervision and other general legal matters. Previously, Ms. Tyus practiced at a local law firm in the areas of civil litigation and family law in Missouri and Illinois. She has extensive experience with pre-trial discovery and drafting discovery motions, Motions for Summary Judgment and appellate briefs. In addition, Ms. Tyus has successfully briefed issues before the Court of Appeals for the Eastern District of Missouri. She was involved with a lawsuit representing Missouri hospitals in a claim against the tobacco industry. As a member of the trial team, she assisted lead trial counsel in preparing lay and expert witnesses, reviewing testimony, preparing exhibits and arguing the admission of exhibits. She earned her J.D. from Washington University School of Law in 2004.