John Marsh Tyson (born July 14, 1953) is an American jurist and government official who currently serves as a judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
He attended Campbell University's Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, in Buies Creek, North Carolina, and earned his Juris Doctor (J.D.)
[citation needed] Tyson practiced law in Fayetteville from 1993 until 1996 and from 1996 until his election to the court, with a brief tenure as the senior vice president of development for Blockbuster Entertainment Group in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1996.
[citation needed] Tyson is a member of the North Carolina and Virginia State Bars and a certified mediator and arbitrator.
Judge Tyson is a frequent CLE presenter and author, and holds an AV-Pre-eminent peer-reviewed rating from Martindale Hubbell.
He was appointed to the Legislative Research Committee on Private Property Rights by the President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate served in 1995.
He was a member of the Legislative Research Committee on Impact Fees, Exactions and Dedications by the President Pro-tem of the Senate in 1994.
He served as a colonel and staff judge advocate for the United States Service Command in Division III, (a volunteer non-profit disaster relief organization), from 1999 to 2004.