Articles from Lyons & Simmons, LLP

Award-winning trial firm Lyons & Simmons announced that its co-founding partners Michael Lyons and Chris Simmons have again been selected for the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America list, each securing a spot in the 2026 edition of the prestigious legal guide that honors the nation’s top lawyers across all areas of practice. Less than 60 Dallas-area attorneys are featured on this year’s list.

Lyons & Simmons, LLP closes 2025 as a year marked by meaningful client victories, national recognition, and a continued commitment to driving corporate accountability through the civil justice system. From securing one of the year’s most significant verdicts to earning industry-leading honors, the firm strengthened its reputation for delivering exceptional results in high-stakes personal injury and wrongful death matters.

The trial law firm Lyons & Simmons, LLP has once again been recognized among top personal injury firms in the 2026 edition of Best Law Firms, earning Tier One status for plaintiffs personal injury litigation and commercial litigation. The firm also added Tier One honors for appellate practice and plaintiffs medical malpractice law in North Texas, further solidifying its reputation as one of Texas’ most accomplished trial teams.

Six attorneys with Lyons & Simmons, LLP have been recognized among the top attorneys in the state for 2025 on the lists of both Texas Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.

Lyons & Simmons, LLP co-founders Michael Lyons and Christopher Simmons have been recognized among the top plaintiffs’ tort attorneys for 2025 by D Magazine. Partner P. Wes Black was also selected to the Best Lawyers in Dallas listing for his appellate work.

Lyons & Simmons, LLP has announced that attorney Jackson C. Smith has joined the trial firm as an associate, further enhancing the firm’s resources in representing plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases.

Michael Lyons, Christopher Simmons and Christopher Carr of the award-winning trial firm Lyons & Simmons have been honored among the state’s top plaintiffs’ personal injury trial attorneys for 2024 by Texas Super Lawyers.

Lyons & Simmons, LLP is pleased to announce that Michael Wozniak has joined the trial firm as an associate focused on personal injury and wrongful death litigation.

Six attorneys from the award-winning trial firm Lyons & Simmons, LLP, are recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Appellate and trial attorney P. Wes Black has been promoted to partner with the nationally recognized Dallas trial firm Lyons & Simmons, LLP.

Three attorneys from the trial firm Lyons & Simmons, LLP, have been selected among D Magazine's Best Lawyers in Dallas for 2024.

Plaintiffs personal injury attorneys Stephen Higdon and Michael Fechner of the trial firm Lyons & Simmons LLP have again been honored among the top young attorneys in the state.

Four attorneys with the trial firm Lyons & Simmons, LLP, led by co-founders Michael Lyons and Christopher Simmons, have earned recognition among the Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers for 2024.

Stephen Higdon, partner at the trial firm Lyons & Simmons LLP has been named among the Best Lawyers Under 40 by D Magazine.

For the second time in three years, the trial firm Lyons & Simmons, LLP, has been named a finalist for the National Law Journal’s Elite Trial Lawyers awards.