Mary W. Lyons, J.D., LL.M., CDFA®
Mary is an experienced, full-time, professional civil and family mediator with Virginia and Florida Supreme Court certification, as well as a tax attorney and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® (CDFA®), and is available to help you come to an agreement that you will be satisfied with in the long-term, with less stress and costs than litigation. Mary practiced as a tax attorney with the Internal Revenue Service for eight years, as well as in the private sector. She has mediated hundreds of civil and family cases, and sincerely believes that mediation provides the greatest likelihood that conflicts can be resolved in a way that maximizes the well-being of the parties going forward. Mary's vision is to change the way people resolve their differences by reducing conflict and, thereby, improve the lives of her clients.
Mary has over 300 hours of mediation and negotiation training from numerous institutions.
LL.M. in Tax with Distinction Georgetown University Law Center
J.D. with Honors George Washington University Law School
B.A. University of Virginia
* Licensed to practice law in Florida and the District of Columbia