Eric Lyons is Senior Counsel in the Firm's Nashville office and a member of the Litigation and Labor & Employment practice groups. Mr. Lyons has substantial experience representing clients in litigation and arbitrations across a broad range of industries and issues including disputes concerning the protection of trade secrets and intellectual property rights, restrictive covenant enforcement, corporate governance and fiduciary obligations, fraud, defamation, cybersecurity breaches, malicious prosecution, antitrust concerns, contractor classification, and a variety of labor and employment matters.

Mr. Lyons also uses his litigation background to advise clients on compliance and risk mitigation to prevent and resolve disputes before they reach the courthouse steps. Mr. Lyons' past clients range from local small business owners to national and international household names.

After graduating from Vanderbilt University Law School, Mr. Lyons clerked for the Honorable Judge Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. As a judicial term clerk, Mr. Lyons assisted Judge Merritt with research and drafting appellate opinions and bench memoranda in hotly contested business, civil, and criminal appeals.

Bar Admissions
Tennessee

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Education
Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D. - Editor on the Vanderbilt Law Review and the Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review.

Vanderbilt University, B.A. in English Literature with honors and Philosophy, magna cum laude

Eric Lyons Co-Authored "Breaking Up the Shell Game: The Corporate Transparency Act and Its Implications for Small Businesses," Published by The Tennessee Bar Association