Lyons & Simmons Partners Honored Among Dallas' Best
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Lyons & Simmons, LLP co-founders Michael Lyons and Christopher Simmons have been recognized among the top plaintiffs' tort attorneys for 2025 by D Magazine. Partner P. Wes Black was also selected to the Best Lawyers in Dallas listing for his appellate work.
Balancing their dedication to securing financial recovery for injured clients is the attorneys' commitment to highlighting matters of public safety in order to effect change.
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The attorneys were recognized based upon a relentless approach to trial work that has resulted in an impressive record of significant jury verdicts and settlements in catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases.
Balancing their dedication to securing financial recovery for injured clients is the attorneys' commitment to highlighting matters of public safety in order to effect change.
This dedication was most recently highlighted by a $109.5 million verdict against CPS Energy for its role in a catastrophic 2021 home explosion in San Antonio that left the residents with permanent, life-altering injuries.
'Of primary importance is making sure the ongoing financial needs of our client are met, but it is also vital to place the spotlight where it needs to be – on the responsibility of public utilities to address the aging gas distribution system that continues to hang over Texas. What happened to this family should not have happened and it certainly should never happen to anyone else. Everybody's life matters or nobody's life matters,' says Lyons. He and Simmons spoke about the importance of the jury verdict on the Great Trials Podcast.
Lyons & Simmons' dedication to client and public safety has earned the firm professional recognition from numerous legal and business organizations. Most recently, the firm earned the distinction of being the only Dallas-based plaintiff-facing firm recognized on the 2025 Texas Chambers Spotlight's inaugural personal injury rankings.
This is Lyons' 13 th selection among the Best Lawyers in Dallas, the seventh for Simmons and the fifth for Black. The Best Lawyers in Dallas is based on a comprehensive selection process involving peer nominations followed by extensive review by the magazine's editorial staff with the assistance of a blue-ribbon panel of attorneys.
About Lyons & Simmons, LLP
Dallas-based Lyons & Simmons, LLP, is an award-winning firm of nationally recognized plaintiff's trial lawyers. The firm represents clients in wrongful death, catastrophic personal injury, and product liability matters, securing record-setting verdicts and settlements in some of the most important and complex personal injury cases in the country.
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