Connell Foley profile of M. Trevor Lyons

M. Trevor Lyons

Partner, Roseland Office

85 Livingston Avenue

Roseland, New Jersey 07068

Phone: (973) 535-0500

	mlyons@connellfoley.com
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M. Trevor Lyons is a partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment Law Practice Group. As such, he regularly counsels clients in making employment-related decisions so as to avoid or reduce the risks of litigation, and represents clients in federal and state court and agency litigation for wrongful discharge, breach of employment contracts, restrictive covenants and trade secrets, alleged discrimination and retaliation under the ADEA, Title VII, ADA, FMLA, NJLAD, and other federal and state anti-discrimination and whistle-blower statutes. He also represents employers in traditional labor matters, such as NLRB proceedings, union organizing campaigns, collective bargaining, labor arbitrations, enjoining strike misconduct and unlawful picketing, and related matters.

Additionally, Mr. Lyons has represented numerous employers in privacy and communication technology related actions, including actions to enforce the provisions of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, to unmask anonymous internet posters, and for a third party claim arising out an employee’s criminal computer usage at work.

Mr. Lyons regularly appears as a lecturer on workplace legal issues. He presently serves on the Editorial Board of the NJSBA Labor and Employment Law Quarterly.

Practice Areas:

Labor and Employment Law

Internet and Information Technology

Admitted to Practice:

State of New Jersey

State of New York

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Education:

Johns Hopkins University (B.A., Political Philosophy, 1992)

Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1996)

Affiliations:

New Jersey State Bar Association

News:

Connell Foley Files a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court (May 2011)

Trevor Lyons and Mitch Taraschi Address Current Employment Issues Faced by Medical Practices (December 2010)

Trevor Lyons Presents on Complying with the State & Federal Family Leave Act and on Healthcare Reform and its Impact on Employers (December 2010)

Lyons Spoke on Avoiding Harassment & Discrimination Claims at NJBIA Seminar (October 2010)

Lyons Spoke on Complying with the State & Federal Family Leave and Income Replacement Laws at NJBIA Seminar (May 2010)

Connell Foley Announces Election of Five New Partners (February 2010)

Lyons Presents on Paid Family Leave Act at NJBIA Seminar (July 2009)

Third Circuit Affirms Graham’s and Lyons’ Summary Judgment for Agere Systems, Inc. (June 2009)

Pizzi and Lyons Offer Tips for Employers in Dealing with the New ADAA Act (March 2009)

O’Reilly and Lyons Win Jury Trial for New Jersey University (March 2009)

Firm’s Appellate Team of Catenacci, Dyer, Lyons Obtain Reversal of $5.5M Judgment Against IFA (March 2009)

Lyons to Speak on Paid Family Leave Act at NJBIA Seminar (March 2009)

Lyons to Deliver Seminar on Reasonable Accommodation and the Obama Administration (December 2008)

Lyons to Deliver Sessions on Contract Negotiation and Breach of Contract Issues at Executive Compensation Seminar (November 2008)

Publications

•	Author "Courts Continue To Untangle the Continuing Violation Doctrine" published in New Jersey Law Journal (December 2010)
•	Author, "Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle: What Happens in the Wake of the Decision in New Process Steel V. NLRB?" published in the New Jersey Labor and Employment Quarterly, Vol. 32, No. 2 (November 2010)
•	Co-author, "Pension Plan Withdrawal Liability: A Primer" published in New Jersey Constructor (Summer 2010)
•	Author, "Management Perspective: Does 14 Penn Plaza L.L.C v. Pyett Really Change Anything?" published in the New Jersey Labor and Employment Quarterly, Vol. 32, No. 1 (February 2010)
•	Co-author, "ADAAA Fall Out: What Should Employers Do Now? 7 Steps to Prevent Lawsuit Risk and Exposure" published in USLAW magazine (Spring/Summer 2009)
•	Author, “The United States Supreme Court Rules that the Admissibility of ‘Me Too’ Evidence Requires a Fact-Intensive Analysis,” published in New Jersey Labor and Employment Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 1. (Spring 2008)
•	Author, “The United States Supreme Court Limits Employers Exposure for Discriminatory Pay Claims by Requiring Timely Challenge to Periodic Pay Decisions,” published in the New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quarterly (Summer 2007).
•	Co-author, "New Jersey Joins A Growing Number of Jurisdictions in Expressly Prohibiting Discrimination On The Basis Of Gender Identity Or Expression" published in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (with Tricia B. O’Reilly) (July/August 2007)
•	Co-author, "LAD expansion: Gender identity and gender expression," published in In Re: The magazine from New Jersey Lawyer (with Tricia B. O’Reilly) (March 26, 2007)
•	Co-author, “Opting In: Congress Passes the Can-Spam Act of 2003” (with Peter J. Pizzi) (2004)
•	Author, “ISPS, Congress Make Greater Strides in Combating Spam,” published in Legal Times (2003)
•	Author, “Close the Gap with EEOC Deference to Arbitration,” published in the New Jersey Law Journal (October 14, 2002)
•	Author, “The Supreme Court Again Narrows the Scope of the Americans with Disabilities Act,” published in the Labor and Employment Law Quarterly of the New Jersey State Bar Association (Fall 2002)

Professional Activities

•	John J. Gibbons American Inn of Court
•	Sidney Reitman American Inn of Court