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Jim Lyons focuses his practice on complex business ‎litigation mediation and arbitration of all types, including corporate, securities, ‎and insurance law. He has more than 40 years of courtroom ‎and jury trial experience in state and federal courts. Jim also has ‎extensive government relations, and international trade and ‎diplomatic experience from his work in Ireland and the United ‎Kingdom as Special Advisor to the President, and Secretary of State ‎for Economic Initiatives in Northern Ireland and the border counties ‎of the Republic of Ireland. Distinctions University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland - Honorary Doctorate of Law (LL.D.) - In recognition of his service to the people of Northern Ireland, 2002 The Best Lawyers in America - “Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year” for Denver - Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense–White Collar, and Mediation, 2010, 2016-2017 St. Thomas More Award - Catholic Lawyers Guild of Colorado - Northern Ireland peace process, 1998 Learned Hand National Award - American Jewish Committee, 1998 Law Week Colorado - "Best Arbitrator", 2011 "Lawyer of the Decade", 2010-2011 Corporate INTL Magazine - "Alternative Dispute Resolution Attorney of the Year" in Colorado, 2014 Colorado Super Lawyers Cover - Featured cover story - "The Gold Standard - How Jim Lyons Helped Bring Peace to Northern Ireland.", 2007 Colorado Super Lawyers - Top Ten, 2006-2008, 2016; Top Vote Getter, 2012, 2006-2016 Chambers USA Annual Client’s Guide to Business Lawyers - 2013 Top Band - Commercial Litigation, 2013-2016 Benchmark Litigation - "Local Litigation Star" in Colorado, 2016 Archbishop Charles J. Chaput (Inaugural) Leadership Award, 2010.

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