Judge (Ret.) Tyler L. Gill will be joining ELPO Law as Of Counsel. Judge Gill is a graduate of the National Judicial College (Reno, NV; 1995 – Special Jurisdiction, 1997 – General Jurisdiction) and Western Kentucky University with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science. He received his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1984. He is admitted to the Kentucky Bar, the U.S. District Court for the Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky, and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
Judge Gill served as a partner with Gill and Gill and as a Business Law Adjunct Professor at the University of Kentucky Community College before assuming the position of District Judge for the Seventh Circuit Kentucky and then moving onto Circuit Judge.
Judge Gill was the Circuit Judge in Logan and Todd Counties for 24 years and District Judge for two years. He retired as Circuit Judge of the 7th Circuit in July of 2019 and became “Of Counsel” with the Law Offices of Harold “Mac” Johns. He now participates in the AOC Retired Judges Program which permits him to be assigned as a judge where needed upon Order of the Chief Justice. In March 2021, he completed the Northern Kentucky University Alternative Dispute Resolution Center Course. He then received the Administrative Office of the Courts Certification and meets the Kentucky Court of Justice Mediation Guidelines as a General Civil Mediator. Additional mediation training allowed him to be certified to conduct Felony Mediation.
Judge Gill has been honored with the Henry V. Pennington Outstanding Trial Judge Award and the District Judges Association Golden Gavel Award for Outstanding Legal Writing. He is currently a member of the Kentucky Bar Association and the Logan-Todd County Bar Association, and a former member of the American Bar Association, the Kentucky Circuit Judges Association, and the Kentucky District Judges Association. Judge Gill initiated the first “Drug Court” long term drug treatment program in Logan and Todd Counties and presided during the construction of new Justice Centers in both Logan and Todd Counties.
He is actively involved with Rotary International serving as a Paul Harris Fellow, past President of the Elkton Rotary club, past Assistant Governor to Rotary District 671, and participated in Study Exchange programs with India and South Africa. He is the recipient of the Rotary Foundation District Service Award and the Presidential Citation Award for Distinguished Service to District 6710. Judge Gill currently holds a commercial pilot license with an instrument rating and formerly served on the Counseling Committee for the Pennyrile Rural Electric Cooperative.
