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 2010 Washingtonian Magazine Best Lawyers, Marylands SuperLawyers , Washington DCs SuperLawyers and the Best Lawyers In America in the area of Estates and Trusts, as he was in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

He is a frequent lecturer, panel chairman and member and co-author of several MICPEL publications including:

• Panel Member: Will Contests, 1990
• 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
  

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)

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.