Background
Lyon, Charles Stuart was born on November 24, 1916 in Atlanta, New York, United States. Son of Hyatt H. and Laura B. (Cotton) Lyon.
Lyon, Charles Stuart was born on November 24, 1916 in Atlanta, New York, United States. Son of Hyatt H. and Laura B. (Cotton) Lyon.
Bachelor of Arts, Swarthmore College, 1937; Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1941.
Associate firm, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, 1941-1942; associate firm, Alvord & Alvord, New York City, 1942-1946; trial attorney, deputy chief counsel prosecution of war crimes, Nuremberg, 1946-1948; founding partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate & Lyon (now Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom), New York City, 1948-1951; assistant counsel, chief counsel, King subcommittee Ways and Means Committee, House of Representatives, 1951-1952; assistant attorney general tax division, Department Justice, 1952-1953; partner, Spence & Hotchkiss, New York City, 1953-1954; practice in, New York City, from 1954; lecturer federal taxation, New York University, 1955-1956; professor of law to professor emeritus, New York University, from 1956.
Member American Bar Association.
Married Isabel Logan, November 27, 1943. Children– Charles Brooks, Jonathan Winslow, Emily Morgan.