News Category: Press Releases
Andrea Will Facilitate the Leadership Development Seminar Aug. 13-15, 2020 for NAPD
Lyon Law Adds Trial Strategy and Jury Selection Consulting
Improve Your Litigation Results 6-18-2020 Trial Strategy: I will help you develop a trial strategy that encompasses the aspects of your case that may be unpalatable while emphasizing those that will help you to win. Often as attorneys we are too wedded to the pure “legal” theory and do not take into account the emotional subtext of
Lyon Kicks Off IACDL’S Lyon Week: Experts and All Stars Series
https://conta.cc/370jM6R All Stars of Criminal Defense Series at IACDL Presents LYON WEEK 6/2/2020 Andrea Lyon presents a live webinar at IACDL June 2, 3 p.m. CDT: Defending Drug-Induced Homicide Cases in Illinois. One hour general CLE. Register here. Ms. Lyon is the principal at Lyon Law. She is a renowned lawyer, author, speaker, professor and former Dean of the Valparaiso University Law School, who
Summer 2019 News
Andrea Lyon Addressed the Darrow-Baldus Capital Defense College at the University of Iowa College of Law May 30 and 31, 2019
Andrea D. Lyon delivered two programs at the 2019 Capital Defense Training Conference. The first program was “Negotiation Strategy in a Death Penalty Case” in which she detailed the key issues impacting the negotiation, namely, the strength of the prosecution’s murder and aggravation cases, the judge’s concerns regarding re-election and the level of respect afforded
Andrea Lyon Keynotes the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan Spring Advanced Criminal Practice Conference: “Telling Your Client’s Story Through Experts”
Andrea D. Lyon delivered the keynote address at the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan Conference, Expert Witnesses and Daubert Advanced Criminal Defense Practice Spring Conference on March 1, 2019 in Pontiac, Michigan. Ms. Lyon’s keynote was entitled “Telling Your Client’s Story Through Experts”. In her remarks, she explained the persuasive power of story telling techniques
New Trial Won in People of Illinois v. John Fulton and Anthony Mitchell After Third-Stage Evidentiary Hearing
On February 19, 2019, Ms. Lyon and co-counsel Melissa A. Matuzak were successful in winning a new trial after a third stage evidentiary hearing for defendant-petitioners John Fulton and Anthony Mitchell, both of whom were convicted in 2006 and sentenced to 31 years for first-degree murder, 25 years for aggravated kidnapping and 3 years for