Jason Sloan Tyler

The Tyler-Galvani-Schneiderman family marks with profound sadness the passing of Jason Sloan Tyler, 41 — son, brother, cousin, attorney, confidant, Caravaggio devotee, champion of emerging artists, Roman history aficionado, Italian traveler extraordinaire, Medieval banking savant, fair- and foul-weather Mets fan, cunning and wry wit, life of the party, and sartorial tour-de-force. Born in Scarsdale, New York, Jason spent his early life devoted to baseball, getting lost for days thinking about films he had just watched, designing tin soldier dioramas, and playing drums in a variety of punk, ska, jazz, and large ensemble bands.

A Middle School mentor deployed two words to describe Jason: “Norman Rockwell – not just because he is a freckled, bespectacled boy who loves baseball and looks like he might have stepped out of one of Rockwell’s frames, but because Jason is full of some rather old-fashioned values like consideration, manners, enthusiasm, and an unvarnished positive, happy disposition. This is a boy you like immediately, and only like more as you get to know him.”

At 13, he matriculated to Phillips Academy at Andover. It was there where he learned to think in communitarian terms, sharpened his political acumen, and developed a lifelong commitment to supporting the school. A beloved professor once summed up the outcome of the school’s mock presidential election for Ralph Nadar with “you must never underestimate the Jason Effect.”

He devoted his college years to ultimate frisbee, film studies, and Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. During a term abroad in Uganda, Jason arrived with ultimate discs and started a pick-up game on the green near Parliament. By the end of that term, the Ugandan friends he had taught about ultimate formed a team that donned the banner “Ugandan National Ultimate Team,” with Jason as their captain.

His legal career was accomplished and unique—one where he cut his own path time and again. He was proud of the contributions he made to Delaware corporate law, from profoundly serious to unexpectedly playful. He once gleefully shared a court record where Vice Chancellor Parsons referenced Corduroy Day on 11/11 because Jason, as his clerk, had made a point of wearing a corduroy suit one time for the occasion. Jason found his professional home at Paul, Weiss – a firm that he admired deeply for its excellence, ethos, and leadership. In the too few years that he spent there, he found camaraderie, passion, and hard work in equal measure, as summarized in his colleagues’ tribute included below. In January 2025, Jason was named Partner, a milestone he was gratified to reach in the final season of his life.

Lover of a good anecdote, Jason had more than one lifetime’s worth of celebrity run-ins, chance encounters, brushes with infamy, and outrageous experiences. Friends often mused that it was uncanny one person would accumulate such wild stories, seemingly without seeking them out. Jason would shrug it off. But the secret is that he embraced the world fearlessly. He said yes as loudly and as often as he could. He loved deeply, often sarcastically, and always genuinely. And the world embraced him back.

Jason’s Firm’s Obituary

The law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison mourns the passing of our partner, trusted colleague and dear friend Jason S. Tyler, who passed away on March 2 after a lengthy illness.

Jason was an exceptional attorney and a deeply respected and valued member of the firm. A partner in the firm’s Corporate Department within the M&A Group based in the firm’s Wilmington, Delaware office, Jason focused his legal practice on transactional and corporate governance-related issues, helping boards of directors, special committees, sponsors and other investors navigate and execute their most complex transactions, including public and private company M&A, restructurings and many other transactions.

Jason was raised in Scarsdale, New York. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. In 2005, he graduated from The Johns Hopkins University (Anthropology and Film & Media Studies), and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Jason began his career in the film industry before pivoting to a legal career.

In 2011, Jason earned a law degree from New York University School of Law, where he was a Robert McKay Scholar and notes editor of the New York University Journal of Law & Business. Following law school, Jason clerked for (retired) Vice Chancellor Donald F. Parsons, Jr., of the Delaware Court of Chancery, and developed a passion for Delaware law. He joined Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as an associate in 2012 and Wilmington, Delaware-based Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP in 2013. In 2016, he joined Paul, Weiss as an associate in the Wilmington office. He was promoted to counsel in 2020, and was elevated to the partnership in January 2025. He was admitted to the New York and the Delaware bars.

Jason was sought out by his partners and by clients for his encyclopedic knowledge of Delaware law, providing essential advice on countless transactions. He was very active and well-respected across the Delaware bar, and was a member of the Corporation Law and LGBTQ+ sections of the Delaware State Bar Association. He regularly wrote on emerging issues in Delaware corporate law.

Jason loved Paul, Weiss and his practice; colleagues appreciated his dynamic, fun personality, his love of fine art and film, and his efforts to mentor junior lawyers at the firm. Until his very final days, Jason insisted on working, engaging and interacting in his uniquely brilliant and spirited way with his colleagues. He will be deeply missed.

Jason is survived by his mother, Ann M. Galvani, a retired BSF (partner) and Cravath (associate) attorney and an author; a brother, Henry Schneiderman, an artist; and many close cousins, loving relatives and dear friends.