M. Trevor Lyons

Partner, Roseland Office

85 Livingston Avenue

Roseland, New Jersey 07068

Phone:  (973) 535-0500

mlyons@connellfoley.com

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M. Trevor Lyons has focused his practice in the area of labor and employment law since his graduation from law school.

 

He provides diligent representation on behalf of management for a broad array of labor and employment related claims, including allegations of discrimination, employment contract disputes, restrictive covenants, wrongful terminations and whistleblower complaints.

 

Mr. Lyons is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution sections.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Practice Areas:

Labor and Employment Law

Internet and Information Technology

 

Admitted to Practice:

State of New Jersey

State of New York

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

 

Education:

Johns Hopkins University (B.A., Political Philosophy, 1992)

Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1996)

 

Affiliations:

New Jersey State Bar Association

 

News:

Connell Foley Announces Election of Five New Partners (February 2010)

Lyons Presents on Paid Family Leave Act at NJBIA Seminar (July 2009)

Third Circuit Affirms Graham’s and Lyons’ Summary Judgment for Agere Systems, Inc. (June 2009)

Pizzi and Lyons Offer Tips for Employers in Dealing with the New ADAA Act (March 2009)

O’Reilly and Lyons Win Jury Trial for New Jersey University (March 2009)

Firm’s Appellate Team of Catenacci, Dyer, Lyons Obtain Reversal of $5.5M Judgment Against IFA (March 2009)

Lyons to Speak on Paid Family Leave Act at NJBIA Seminar  (March 2009)

Lyons to Deliver Seminar on Reasonable Accommodation and the Obama Administration (December 2008)

Lyons to Deliver Sessions on Contract Negotiation and Breach of Contract Issues at Executive Compensation Seminar (November 2008)


Publications

Co-author, "ADAAA Fall Out: What Should Employers Do Now? 7 Steps to Prevent Lawsuit Risk and Exposure" published in USLAW magazine (Spring/Summer 2009)
Author, “The United States Supreme Court Rules that the Admissibility of ‘Me Too’ Evidence Requires a Fact-Intensive Analysis, published in New Jersey Labor and Employment Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 1. (Spring 2008)

Author, “The United States Supreme Court Limits Employers Exposure for Discriminatory Pay Claims by Requiring Timely Challenge to Periodic Pay Decisions,” published in the New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quarterly (Summer 2007).

Co-Author, "New Jersey Joins A Growing Number of Jurisdictions in Expressly Prohibiting Discrimination On The Basis Of Gender Identity Or Expression" published in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (with Tricia B. O’Reilly) (July/August 2007)

Co-Author, "LAD expansion: Gender identity and gender expression," published in In Re: The magazine from New Jersey Lawyer (with Tricia B. O’Reilly) (March 26, 2007)

Co-Author, “Opting In: Congress Passes the Can-Spam Act of 2003” (with Peter J. Pizzi) (2004)

Author, “ISPS, Congress Make Greater Strides in Combating Spam,” published in Legal Times (2003)

Author, “Close the Gap with EEOC Deference to Arbitration,” published in the New Jersey Law Journal (October 14, 2002)

Author, “The Supreme Court Again Narrows the Scope of the Americans with Disabilities Act,” published in the Labor and Employment Law Quarterly of the New Jersey State Bar Association (Fall 2002)

 

Professional Activities

John J. Gibbons American Inn of Court

Sidney Reitman American Inn of Court