Tristan N. Bullington

Tristan N. Bullington joined Meyer Capel in 2017 as an associate attorney to become a part of the firm’s family law and litigation services practice group. He became a shareholder in 2020, now serves on the firm’s board of directors and heads the firm's family law practice group. Currently Tristan currently focuses his family law practice on complex high asset/income divorces, utilizing the team of lawyers at Meyer Capel to assist his client’s complex legal issues.

In law school, Tristan was an active member of the inaugural Federal Civil Rights Clinic, earning a Rickert Award for Excellence in Advocacy for his efforts. He also interned with a public defender’s office in the Seattle area where he gained jury trial experience. Upon graduation, he worked with the Bloomington, Illinois office of Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. While there, he primarily handled Landlord Tenant, Social Security, and family law matters.

Tristan has also worked as an Assistant Public Defender for McLean County, Illinois where he handled misdemeanor cases and served on the mental health specialty court. In 2013, Tristan joined the Bloomington family law firm of Allison & Mosby-Scott where he both practiced extensively in all kinds of family law cases and expanded that firm’s practice areas to include criminal defense work.

Tristan’s practice has focused on litigation. He has successfully conducted several jury trials and countless bench trials. Additionally, he has practiced in the areas of landlord-tenant, divorce, custody/visitation, orders of protection, criminal law, driving under the influence (DUI), social security, and debt collection. He currently focuses his practice in the areas of criminal law and family law, including divorce/dissolution of marriage, custody/visitation (including the allocation of parental responsibilities), orders of protection, child support, maintenance and division of retirement benefits. Tristan is a court approved guardian ad litem for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit. Tristan has also been appointed by judge’s in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit to handle appeals in termination of parental rights cases.