As a founding partner of Lyons McGovern, LLP, Desmond Lyons successfully represents small and mid-sized Irish businesses and individuals in corporate, financial, labor and employment litigation and real estate transactions in the United States.
Lyons is the Chairman of the Brehon Law Society in Westchester County, a member of the Ireland-U.S. Council for Commerce and Industry, the Ireland Chamber of Commerce in the United States, the Westchester County Association and the Lawyer's Committee for the Inner City Scholarship Fund. Lyons has appeared as a legal analyst on the Fox News Channel and on WFAS News Radio.
His father, Michael Lyons, was born in Cork City, Ireland and was a member of the Glen Rovers Hurling Club, playing alongside the legendary Christy Ring. Lyons resides in Westchester County with his wife Kerry and five children - Liam (5), Ciara (3), and identical triplets Kevin, Declan and Cormac (1).