Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in Dallas, TX

A highly regarded civil trial attorney, Christopher J. Simmons is a founding partner at Lyons Simmons, LLP. Working out of the firm’s main office in Dallas, Texas, he represents people and businesses throughout the greater metropolitan area and across the country. Held in high regard by his fellow attorneys for both his successful track record and high degree of ethics, Mr. Simmons has received a great deal of favorable recognition from his colleagues, including a 10.0 peer review rating through Avvo. He has also been named to The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40, and D Magazine has included him in its annual “Best Lawyers Under 40” list.

A significant portion of Mr. Simmons’s practice involves personal injury and wrongful death litigation, and he represents people who have been harmed by the negligence of other parties. His cases in this regard have included motor vehicle crashes, construction site accidents, premises liability, professional malpractice and defective products. Over the course of his career, Mr. Simmons has been able to obtain millions of dollars in compensation for his clients through both jury awards and settlements that he has negotiated with defendants and their liability insurance providers.

Mr. Simmons has a business litigation practice as well, and he has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of such matters, including contract disputes, fiduciary duty breaches, tortious interference, partner and shareholder disputes, and fraud. He majored in English language and literature at Texas A&M University and received a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude in 2004. He then went on to attend Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and was awarded his Juris Doctor in 2008. Mr. Simmons is admitted to practice in Texas and New Mexico and before several federal trial and appellate courts.