James Lyons (lawyer)

James M. Lyons (born January 6, 1947) is an attorney at law in Denver, Colorado. He is a commercial trial lawyer with extensive public service.

James Lyons was born in Joliet, Illinois on January 6, 1947 to Judge Michael Lyons and Helen Glass Lyons. He is the oldest of six children. He attended parochial elementary school and Joliet Catholic High School, graduating in 1964. He earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1968. He earned a law degree in 1971 from DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, where he served as Associate Editor of the DePaul Law Review.

Lyons joined the Denver law firm of Rothgerber Appel & Powers, now Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP, in September 1971. His initial practice involved financial institutions and civil litigation. He became a partner of the firm in 1974 and his name was added to the firm in 1999. His practice includes complex litigation, mediation and arbitration, and international business transactions. Recent clients include The Anschutz Corporation, the City and County of Denver, Colorado State University, and the Board of Directors of Qwest Communications International, Inc.

Lyons is admitted to state courts in Illinois and Colorado, and to various federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States. He served as President of the Faculty of Federal Advocates (FFA) of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. He also served as Chairman of the United States Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel for the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

Lyons is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. Membership is by invitation and limited to fewer than one percent of active trial lawyers in the United States. He has served as ACTL Colorado State Chairman. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. (Membership is by invitation only and is limited to 500 lawyers in the world.) He is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since its inception (Commercial Litigation and Bet-the-Company Litigation). Lyons has been listed in the first band of commercial litigators in every edition of Chambers USA.

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