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VietnameseGriffin: ‘We will continue to fight on behalf of Arkansans to hold bad actors accountable’
LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing a summary judgment in his office’s case against David Tyler, owner of Tyler Pools:
“David Tyler defrauded customers from 2020-2021 by misleading them regarding the status of his contractor’s license, failing to provide promised goods and services for which customers had already paid, and failing to refund customers after projects were abandoned. He also threatened to physically harm customers when they complained about these practices.
“Yesterday, a Washington County Circuit Judge approved our motion for summary judgment. The court’s order requires the defendant to pay $73,361.59 in restitution to four victims and $110,000 in civil penalties to the State. It also enjoins him from owning, operating, or being employed by a residential or commercial contractor in Arkansas.
“I am grateful to Assistant Attorney General Amanda Wentz and Assistant Attorney General Reid Adkins for their outstanding work on this case. We will continue to fight on behalf of Arkansans to hold bad actors accountable.”
To read a copy of the judge’s order, click here.
To download a PDF of this release, click here.
About Attorney General Tim Griffin
Tim Griffin was sworn in as the 57th Attorney General of Arkansas on January 10, 2023, having previously served as the state’s 20th Lieutenant Governor from 2015-2023. From 2011-2015, Griffin served as the 24th representative of Arkansas’s Second Congressional District, where he served on the House Committee on Ways and Means, House Armed Services Committee, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, House Committee on Ethics and House Committee on the Judiciary while also serving as a Deputy Whip for the Majority.
Griffin is currently an officer in the Arkansas Army National Guard and holds the rank of colonel. Griffin served as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps for more than 28 years. In 2005, Griffin was mobilized to active duty as an Army prosecutor at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and served with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in Mosul, Iraq.
His previous assignments include serving as the Commander of the 2d Legal Operations Detachment in New Orleans, Louisiana; the Commander of the 134th Legal Operations Detachment at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and as a Senior Legislative Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness at the Pentagon. Griffin earned a master’s degree in strategic studies as a Distinguished Honor Graduate from the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.
Griffin also served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs for President George W. Bush; Special Assistant to Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice; Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Arkansas; Senior Investigative Counsel, Government Reform and Oversight Committee, U.S. House of Representatives; and Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel David M. Barrett, In re: HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros.
Griffin is a graduate of Magnolia High School, Hendrix College in Conway, and Tulane Law School in New Orleans. He attended graduate school at Oxford University. He is admitted to practice law in Arkansas (active) and Louisiana (inactive). Griffin lives in Little Rock with his wife, Elizabeth, a Camden native, and their three children.
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