Law Office of Richard L. Lyon
Estate
and Trust Litgation, Estate and Trust Administration,
Estate Planning and Taxation
Attorney Profile
Richard L.
Lyon has engaged in the practice of law for
over 30 years. He is admitted to practice in
Maryland, the District
of Columbia and the Federal Courts in those jurisdictions with a
concentration
in Estate and Trust matters.Mr. Lyon is AV rated and is the past chairman of the Estates and Trusts Section of the Montgomery County Bar Association, a former member of the Section Council of the Estates and Trusts Section of the Maryland State Bar Association and a member of the Maryland State, Montgomery County, Prince Georges County and District of Columbia Bar Associations.
Mr. Lyon was named in the 2012 Washingtonian Magazine Best Lawyers, Marylands SuperLawyers , Washington DC's SuperLawyers and the Best Lawyers In America in the area of Estates and Trusts, as he was in 2006 through 2012.
He is a frequent lecturer, panel chairman and member and co-author of
several
MICPEL and MSBA publications including:
- Chairman: Contesting Wills
1994
- Panel Member: Fiduciary Duties
and Liabilities 1996
- Chairman: Will Contests and
Related Litigation 1997
- Panel Member Trusts and
Estates Practice: Professional
and Ethical Issues, 1998
- Chairman: Will Contests and
Related Litigation, 2002
- Panel Member: The 2003
Advanced Estate Planning Institute
- Chairman: Contesting and Defending Wills, Revocable Trusts and Inter Vivos Transfers, 2006
- Chairman: Orphans' Courts
Matter: Tips, Traps and Time,
Maryland State Bar Association Convention, June 2007
- Maryland Bar Journal "Trust
Wars - Clashes Between
Trustees and Beneficiaries", published September 2009
- Panel Member: The 2011
Advanced Estate Planning Institute
His reported
cases include Flat Iron Mac v. Foley, 600
A.2d 1156 (Md. App. 1992); Krouse v. Krouse, 617 A.2d 1098 (Md. App.
1993);
Hegmon v. Novak, 747 A.2d 772 (Md. App. 2000) and Perry v. Sera, 623
A.2d 1210
(DC App. 1993); and Fischer v. PNC Bank, N.A., 769 F.Supp.2d 852 (D. Md. 2011)
A graduate of Georgetown University (cum laude 1973) and University of Maryland School of Law (JD 1976), Mr. Lyon and his family currently reside in Rockville.
A graduate of Georgetown University (cum laude 1973) and University of Maryland School of Law (JD 1976), Mr. Lyon and his family currently reside in Rockville.
Serving
the Greater Washington Metro Area, including
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