Attorney Profiles

Thomas William Lyons III
Providence, Rhode Island

Areas of Practice:: Products Liability and Toxic Tort Defense; Business and Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury - Defense; Employment Litigation; Constitutional Law

Bar Admissions:: Rhode Island, 1983; Massachusetts, 1996; U.S. District Court District of Rhode Island, 1984; U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1999; U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1991

Education:: Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1983
J.D.; Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 1979
A.B.
Major: History

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

Representative Cases:: 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) ( ); National Credit Union Administration Board v. Regine, 795 F.Supp. 59 (D.R.I.1992) ( ); Dextraze v. Florida Flame, Inc., 692 A.2d 338 (R.I. 1997) ( ); Providence Journal Co. v. Kane, 577 A.2d 661 (R.I. 1990) ( ); Qualitex, Inc. v. Coventry Realty Corp., 557 A.2d 850 (R.I. 1997) ( ); Gray v. Derderian, 365 F.Supp.2d 218 (D.R.I. 2005) ( ); Mosby v. Devine, 851 A.2d 1031 (R.I. 2004) ( )

Representative Clients:: Viacom, Inc.; CBS Corporation; Verizon; Danaher Corporation; United States Tobacco Company; Lead Industries Associates; The Stanley Works; Union Carbide Corporation; Citibank; Chrysler Financial Corporation; Hoechst Marion Roesel, Inc.

Classes/Seminars Taught:: 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

Honors and Awards:: Rhode Island Super Lawyer, Products Liability Defense, 2007, 2008; Civil Libertarian of the Year, Rhode Island Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, 2007; Third Place, Rhode Island Bar Journal Annual Writing Competition, 1997; First Place, Rhode Island Bar Journal Annual Writing Competition, 1989

Professional Associations and Memberships:: 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 Commitee, 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 Subcommitte 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