About Mr. Thomas Nicholas
Mr. Thomas Nicholas Tyszka approaches law in a methodical way. He blends classroom discipline with years of barroom practice and association leadership. The result is a career shaped by study, committee work and steady involvement in Illinois legal circles.
Tyszka's academic record reads like a steady climb through law and business. He earned a B.A. in International Studies, Theology, and Catholic Social Tradition from the University of Notre Dame in 1997, and followed that with an M.S.A. from Notre Dame in 2001. He moved on to Loyola University Chicago School of Law where he completed his J.D. in 2007 and returned for an LL.M. in Business & Corporate Governance, awarded in 2009. Those degrees inform both the technical and transactional sides of his practice.
He has built a practice centered in Illinois. Over time his work reflected the themes of his graduate study: corporate governance, transactional law and title issues tied to real estate. Those interests translated into active participation in professional organizations. He has taken on leadership roles across several local and statewide groups tied to property law and lawyer governance.
Association work has been a constant in Tyszka's professional life. He has served on the Illinois State Bar Association’s Real Estate Section Council and took part in ISBA committees addressing lawyer registration, discipline and unauthorized practice issues between 2020 and 2023. He has been active in the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago since 2011, serving as treasurer, vice president and president. His involvement with the Chicago Bar Association’s Real Property Law Committee and the DuPage County Bar Association’s Real Estate Law & Practice Section included multiple chair and vice chair terms. He also served on the Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association board and chaired its title industry executives’ council.
Those leadership roles complement his practice. Tyszka handles real estate matters that include transactional work, title concerns and issues that touch corporate governance. Peers and clients see him in committee rooms and at bar meetings; they encounter him on deals and in title-related negotiations. His academic background in corporate governance adds an extra layer when transactions raise internal controls or governance questions.
He is based in Illinois and is a lawyer at Handler Thayer, LLP. He continues to take on matters involving real estate transactions, title work and business governance issues in the state where he practices.
