Profile
Tyler Helmond’s practice focuses on appellate advocacy, criminal defense, corporate and business concerns, and collateral issues involving arrests and convictions, including expungement, forfeiture, and licensing. He is the 2020 Chair of the Indianapolis Bar Association Appellate Practice Section. Additionally, he is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Seventh Circuit Bar Association, the Indiana State Bar Association, and the Indianapolis Bar Association. His work has been published in The Champion, the journal of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and he has appeared as a commentator in publications including The Indiana Lawyer and Ars Technica.
Helmond has argued cases before the Indiana Court of Appeals and the Indiana Supreme Court. He serves as an associate faculty member at Indiana University, and has presented on continuing legal education at the Indianapolis Bar Association and the Judicial Conference of Indiana.
Practice Areas:
Bar Admission
Indiana
Other Court Admission
Indiana Northern District, Indiana Southern District, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, United States Supreme Court
Related Media:
Tyler D. Helmond
Education
- B.S., with distinction, Indiana University, 2006
- J.D., Indiana University Maurer School of Law – Bloomington, 2009
Awards & Associations
- Indianapolis Bar Association
- Indiana State Bar Association
- 2020 Chair, Indianapolis Bar Association Appellate Practice Section
- Indianapolis Bar Association Criminal Justice Section
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Seventh Circuit Bar Association
- National College for DUI Defense
- Indiana Super Lawyers – 2024-2025
- Indiana Super Lawyers Rising Stars – 2022-2023
- The National Trial Lawyers – Top 100 Indiana Criminal Trial Lawyers, 2013-2017
- Indianapolis Bar Foundation – 2017 Distinguished Fellow
Publications & Presentations
- Author, Interrogatories, The Indiana Lawyer
- Book Review, The Guantanamo Lawyers, NACDL The Champion, May 2010
- Information Technology for the Solo and Small Firm Lawyer: An Overview, Indianapolis Bar Association, November 10, 2011
- Criminal Law Update, Annual Meeting of the Judicial Conference of Indiana, September 14, 2016 (with James H. Voyles, Jr)
- Criminal Law Update, Boone County Bar Association, November 4, 2016
- Call Me Maybe: The Art of Ethical Case Selection and Avoiding Unworthy Clients, Res Gestae, September, 2024 (with James J. Bell)
- Criminal Law Update, Monroe County Bar Association, February 28, 2025