Thomas W. Lyons has been appointed vice chair of the business litigation committee
of the 22,000-member Defense Research Institute, an association of civil litigation
defense lawyers. He is a partner at Strauss, Factor, Laing & Lyons of Providence
and focuses his practice on the litigation of business, commercial and products
liability claims. Lyons is admitted to practice in Rhode Island and Massachusetts,
and is a member of the American Bar Association and its Torts and Insurance Practice
section. He is also a member executive committee of the Rhode Island Bar Association,
where he serves as editor-in-chief of the Rhode Island Bar Journal. He earned
a degree in history from Colgate University in 1979 and his J.D. from Case Western
University School of Law. He is a resident of West Warwick.
