Education
University of South Florida (Bachelor of Arts, 1967). Florida State University (Juris Doctor, 1970).
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Marsha L. Lyons
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Worked at Lyons and Farrar, P.A. (Coral Gables, Florida) specializing in Federal and State Civil and Criminal Litigation, Personal Injury, Fraud, Employment Discrimination, Commercial Transactions, Domestic Relations, Trademark, Copyright, Medical Malpractice, Class Action. Admitted to the bar, 1970, Florida. United States. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida.
United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. 1978, United States Tax Court. Adjunct Professor of Law, Trial Practice, University of Miami, School of Law, 1983-1987.
Lecturer and Instructor: Federal Civil Litigation.
Trial Advocacy Seminar. Chief, Criminal and Fraud Division, United States Attorney" General’ s Office for the Southern District of Florida.
Delegate, Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference. Chairman, Florida Bar Grievance Committee, 1979-1980, Member.
Member: Tallahassee, Dade County and Federal (South Florida Chapter.
President, 1985-1986. Secretary, North Florida Chapter, 1977-1998. Second Vice President, 1984.
Executive Committee.
Judicial Selection Committee. Executive Council, Criminal Law Section) Bar Associations. American Board of Trial Advocates.
Marsha Lyons and Charles Farrar formed Lyons and Farrar after leaving the United States.
Attorney" General’ s Office for the Southern District of Florida, where Lyons had been head of the Criminal Division and Farrar chief of the Fraud Division. Douglas South. Lyons joined the firm in July of 1992 after 20 years with Stinson, Lyons and Bustamante, P.A. The firm has specialized in complex civil and criminal litigation primarily in federal court.
Both Marsha Lyons and Charles Farrar have served as receivers and attorneys for receivers for numerous federal regulatory agencies including the South.E.C. Douglas Lyons has had a varied civil practice with a special emphasis on insurance defense and plaintiff"s cases including medical malpractice and product liability. Recently the firm has spent an increasing amount of time on copyright, trademark and class action litigation.
They are active in professional associations and have taught in the field of trial advocacy.
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Membership
Member: Tallahassee, Dade County and Federal (South Florida Chapter. President, 1985-1986. Secretary, North Florida Chapter, 1977-1998.
Second Vice President, 1984.
Executive Committee; Judicial Selection Committee. Executive Council, Criminal Law Section) Bar Associations.
American Board of Trial Advocates.
