Thomas William Lyons III

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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 40 years of experience

Business Law, Personal Injury, Employment, Constitutional Law

One Davol Square, Suite 305, Providence, RI 02903

About Thomas William Lyons III

Practice Areas

Education

Representative Cases

Wai Feng Trading Co., Ltd. v. Quick Fitting, Inc., 2006 WL 4184014 (D.R.I. June 14, 2016)
Richer v. Parmalee, 2016 WL 3094487 (D.R.I. June 1, 2016)
Laccinole v. Assad, 2016 WL 3094487 (D.R.I. Mar. 7, 2016)
Baumgartner v. American Standard, Inc., 2015 WL 4523476 (R.I.Super. July 22, 2015)
Laccinole v. Twin Oaks Software Development, Inc., 2014 WL 2440400 (D.R.I. May 30, 2014)
Boyer v. Bedrosian, 57 A.3d 259 (R.I. 2012)
Harodite Industries, Inc. v. Warren Electric Corp., 24 A.2d 514 (R.I. 2011)
Gray v. Derderian, 365 F.Supp.2d 218 (D.R.I. 2005)
Mosby v. Devine, 851 A.2d 1031 (R.I. 2004)
Qualitex, Inc. v. Coventry Realty Corp., 557 A.2d 850 (R.I. 1997)
Dextraze v. Florida Flame, Inc., 692 A.2d 338 (R.I. 1997)
National Credit Union Administration Board v. Regine, 795 F.Supp. 59 (D.R.I.1992)
DiPalma v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 938 F.2d 1463 (1st Cir. 1991)
National Credit Union Administration Board v. Regine, 749 F.Supp. 401 (D.R.I. 1990)
Providence Journal Co. v. Kane, 577 A.2d 661 (R.I. 1990)

Classes and Seminars

The Future of the Practice of Law, Western States Bar Conference, 2008
How to Litigate Your First Civil Trial in Rhode Island, National Business Institute, November 12,2004
Direct and Cross-examination in Rhode Island, November 7,2003
Advanced Expert Witness Depositions, National Business Institute, June 16, 2004
Instructor, Legal Research, Oral Advocacy and Writing, Case Western Reserve University, 1982 - 1983

Bar Admissions

Other Affiliations

Rhode Island Bar Association, 1998 - 2008 (Executive Committee)
Rhode Island Bar Association, 2006 - 2007 (President)
Rhode Island Bar Association, 2003 - 2004 (Secretary)
Rhode Island Bar Journal, 1998 - 2002 (Editor-in-Chief)
DRI Business Litigation Committee, 1998 - Present (Steering Group)
DRI Commercial Litigation Committee, 2001 - 2003 (Chair)
Model Civil Jury Instructions Subcommittee, 1998 - Present (Chair)
Superior Court Bench/Bar Committee, 1997 - 1998 (Chair)
Rhode Island Supreme Court Indigent Defense Task Force, 2003 - 2004 (Member)
Rhode Island Supreme Court User-Friendly Court Committee, 1997 - 1998 (Member)
DRI Agricultural, Construction, Mining and Industrial Equipment Sub-committee of Products Liability Committee, 1994 - 1996 (Steering Group)
Rhode Island Bar Association, 2004 - 2005 (Vice President)
Rhode Island Bar Association, 2002 - 2003 (Treasurer)
DRI Commercial Litigation Committee, 2000 - 2001 (Vice-chair)
DRI Commercial Litigation Committee, 1998 - 2000 (Publications Chair)
National Conference of Bar Presidents, 2007 - Present (Executive Council)
New England Bar Association, 2014 - 2015 (President)

Past Positions

Published Works

Receivers, Ethics, Conflicts and Confidentiality, Rhode Island Bar Journal, March-April, 2009
Specs and the Single Arbitration Clause, The Business Suit(Reprinted in The Dispute Resolution Journal), May-July, 2001
Rhode Island Chapter, DRI Products Liability Defenses, 2001 and 2004
Building a Public Trust and Confidence in the Rhode Island Judicial System, Rhode Island Bar Journal, February, 2001
Counterpoint- Who makes the Law?, Rhode Island Bar Journal, November, 2000
The Supreme Court Decides the Balance of Powers, Rhode Island Bar Journal, November, 1998
Frye, Daubert and Where Do We Go From Here, Rhode Island Bar Journal, January, 1997
Convincing a Reluctant Judge to Hold a Pretrial Daubert Hearing, DRI Trials & Tribulations, Spring, 1997
Rule 56 Reborn, Rhode Island Bar Journal, October, 1988

Thomas William Lyons III

Rhiannon Huffman
10 years of experience
Business Law, Bankruptcy
Lynda L. Laing
40 years of experience
Litigation, Commercial Law, Debtor & Creditor
Meghan C. Barry
13 years of experience
Litigation, Debtor & Creditor, Product Liability, Commercial Law

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