Tyson has called Springfield and Southwest Missouri home for most of his life.  While in undergraduate school, Tyson served in many leadership roles on the campus of Drury College, participating in Student Senate and chairing the School Security commitee.  It was while in school that Tyson got his first taste of criminal law as an intern at the Greene County Prosecutor's Office.  Upon graduation, Tyson continued his studies at the University of Missouri School of Law in Columbia, and continued to work for the Prosecutor's Office in Greene County as well as Boone County, Missouri.  Upon graduating form law school, Tyson came back to Springfield and worked at the Greene County Proecuting Attorney's office as an Assistant Prosecutor in the Crimes against Persons unit handling assualts, domestics and weapons cases.  He was then promoted to senior assistant in the Major crimes unit handling homicides, robberies and major drug offenses.  During this time he was also cross designated as a Special Assistant United States Attorney handling weapon and drug cases.  In 2006 he was promoted to the 1st Assistant Prosecutor surpervising attonreys in the unit and trying multiple homicide and serious felony cases.  Tyson went into private practice in 2008 and has continued to pull on his extensive trial and courtroom experience, now representing individuals charged with all types of criminal casaes.  He has handled and tried over 15 homicide cases, and countless other felonies, and misdemeanors from both sides.