Mary W. Lyons, J.D., LL.M., CDFA®

Mary is an experienced, full-time, professional 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 a divorce settlement 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 National Office of the I.R.S. for eight years, as well as in the private sector. She has mediated hundreds of 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 family 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