Atty. Theresa A. Lyons
Terry Lyons is a Certified Matrimonial Attorney from the New Jersey Supreme Court. Terry graduated from Rutgers School of Law with High Honors.
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Theresa A. Lyons is a Managing Partner based in Somerville, New Jersey, practicing at Lyons & Associates, P.C.. They have 24+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2002. Their practice focuses on child custody, family law, child support, adoption, and litigation. Admitted to practice in New Jersey (2002) and New York (2025). Educated at Rutgers University Law School at Camden (J.D., 2001) and Montclair State University (B.A. Rutgers, 1992). Provides legal services in Spanish. Serands clients in Somerville, NJ and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Terry Lyons is a Certified Matrimonial Attorney from the New Jersey Supreme Court
- Terry graduated from Rutgers School of Law with High Honors
- She also has a Master’s Degree in Social Work
- Ms. Lyons enjoyed a judicial clerkship with The Honorable Peter G. Verniero, a now-retired Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, New Jersey’s highest state court
- Ms. Lyons has authored and published numerous articles on a wide variety of topics like family law, the admissibility of expert testimony in federal courts, and free speech on the Internet
- She also is author of the book Sticks and Stones, Life Lessons from a Lawyer
- Ms. Lyons was featured in over 250 news media outlets across the globe
- Recently, Ms. Lyons weighed in on the Ashley Madison scandal
- In addition to practicing matrimonial law and being a founding member of the firm, Ms. Lyons served as a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University in the Graduate School of Social Work in New Brunswick where she has taught, “Law and Social Work,” a course dedicated to informing social work students about the law, including the parameters of client confidentialities, how to respond to subpoenas, and how to testify in court
- In her personal life, Ms. Lyons is a foster and adoptive parent to New Jersey’s abused and neglected children, and she has ongoing contact with the courts and the Division of Youth and Family Services in that regard
- Ms. Lyons is admitted to practice in New Jersey State Court, New Jersey Federal Court, and recently was admitted to practice at the United States Supreme Court in April 2012
- Theresa is also proud and humbled to announce her recent appointment to the Board of Trustees for WINGS for Growth
- Ms. Lyons was previously on the Board of Trustees for SAFE in Hunterdon
- Recently, Ms. Lyons was honored by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys as one of the “top 10 best female attorneys”
- This distinction is given to select attorneys being recognized for their unparalleled success toward helping their clients
- Ms. Lyons also weighed in on the Ashley Madison scandal that made national headlines in 2015
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Practicing law in New Jersey. Legal matters in New Jersey are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Somerville are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate New Jersey state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in New Jersey brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in New Jersey courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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