The Texas Board of Legal Specialization will induct Hendlerlaw Partner Sean Lyons as a Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Lawyer.
Lyons joined the internationally known practice of Hendlerlaw, P.C. in 2008 focusing his talents on toxic and catastrophic injury. With a renowned record of trial experience spanning 17 years, Mr. Lyons has handled a wide range of plaintiffs\’ cases including birth injury and medical malpractice, pharmaceutical litigation, civil rights, product liability, premises liability, government liability, and mesothelioma asbestos disease.
As a Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Lawyer, Mr. Lyons has substantial, relevant experience in the field of personal injury law and has demonstrated special competence in that area of law. There are more than 70,000 attorneys licensed to practice in Texas. Only 7,000 are Board Certified.
Lyons chose to join HendlerLaw because he shares Principal and Founder Scott Hendler\’s sense of purpose to speak with a strong voice for those who suffer injustice at the hands of the powerful. A graduate of The University of Texas School of Law and a former Judicial Law Clerk for U.S. District Judge Filemon Vela of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Mr. Lyons assumes a leadership role as a Partner in the firm\’s Mesothelioma Practice as well as its decade long fight for banana plantation workers exposed to dangerous levels of DBCP, a toxic pesticide.
An induction ceremony will take place Friday, February 4th at the AT&T Conference Center in Austin, Texas.