Eight Lyons & Simmons Attorneys Selected Among The Best Lawyers in America

Lawyers recognized for excellence in six practice areas

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eight attorneys with the Dallas-based firm of Lyons & Simmons LLP are recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The honorees include four veteran attorneys named to the Best Lawyers legal guide, joined by four selected to the Ones to Watch list of the nation’s top young attorneys.

Michael Lyons is recognized in five practice areas – plaintiffs personal injury litigation, plaintiffs product liability litigation, plaintiffs mass torts/class action representation, plaintiffs medical malpractice, and commercial litigation.

Chris Simmons is honored for plaintiffs personal injury litigation and commercial litigation.

Also returning to the Best Lawyers list are partner Christopher Carr for plaintiffs personal litigation and partner P. Wesley Black for appellate practice.

Associate Michael Fechner, recognized for plaintiffs personal injury litigation, is a return selection on the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list, which includes attorneys in their first decade of practice. Jackson Smith, who joined Lyons & Simmons in April, also made the Ones to Watch list for excellence in commercial litigation for the second consecutive year.

Making the list as first-time honorees are Mackenzie Howard and Michael Wozniak, both of whom are honored for plaintiffs personal injury litigation.

The Best Lawyers in America is one of the industry’s oldest and most respected peer-review guides. Lawyers are selected based on recommendation, peer review, staff verification and eligibility certification.

With a national reputation for obtaining record-setting results in life-altering personal injury and wrongful death cases, the attorneys of Lyons & Simmons have secured more than $1 billion in verdicts and settlements since the beginning of 2023 on behalf of clients involved in life-altering wrongful death, personal injury, and products liability litigation.