Mark Lyon is the Discovery Counsel at a Washington, DC law firm where he specializes in navigating complex information governance, electronic discovery, and computer forensic challenges. His practice focuses on developing innovative solutions for challenges presented by constantly-changing technology, empowering case teams with critical evidence analysis, supporting discovery-related motion practice, drafting and negotiating ESI orders, advising on the technical aspects of preservation and collection, validating the effectiveness of review workflows, evaluating changing technology-assisted and AI workflows, and providing guidance to clients implementing new information governance policies or technologies in support of their business operations. Mark regularly designs and delivers internal and external continuing legal education programs. He assists in supervising the firm’s Discovery Attorneys and serves as the primary contact for external discovery review vendor relationships.

He previously worked as a Review Operations Lead in New York City, Delhi, India and Washington DC for Huron Consulting Group (now Consilio), has handled commercial litigation and real estate law at a general practice law firm and managed a Congressional campaign. He has also written software for the US Army Corps of Engineers through a contract at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), managed online content for The Clarion-Ledger, built systems that facilitated prompt distribution of Hurricane Katrina recovery grants, and has assisted numerous small businesses and government agencies with business and technical challenges.

Mark received his J.D. from Mississippi College School of Law and his B.S. in Computing and Information Systems from Mississippi College. He is licensed to practice law in Mississippi, Washington D.C., New York and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

He and his family live in Washington, DC. He can be contacted at mark@marklyon.org.