About Melissa J.
Melissa J. Lyons earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of California, Riverside and later completed her law degree at Pacific Coast University, School of Law in 2015. She moved from business studies into law, taking a practical route through roles that emphasized courtroom procedure and client advocacy. Her legal education provided the credential to practice in California, where she has built a practice centered on workers' compensation matters.
Her early professional experience began in 2013 as a workers' compensation defense hearing representative at Lansford & Gonzales, LLP. That role put her in front of administrative law judges and required detailed preparation for hearings. In 2017 she continued on the defense side as a workers' compensation defense lawyer at DJG Law Group, Inc., handling matters for employers and insurers and gaining familiarity with the strategies used by defense firms.
Around 2019 Lyons shifted to representing claimants, joining Workers Compensation Lawyer, Inc. as an applicant attorney. The move reversed her perspective and gave her direct experience advocating for injured workers. In 2023 she opened the Law Offices of Melissa J. Lyons, Inc., where she maintains a solo practice. Opening her own firm followed several years of handling both sides of workers' compensation disputes.
Lyons's career path covers the full spectrum of the workers' compensation system. She has worked as a hearing representative, as defense counsel and as applicant counsel. That range informs how she prepares cases, argues at hearings and negotiates settlements. She also holds memberships in professional organizations related to her practice and continues to engage with peers in the field.
Colleagues and clients describe Lyons as methodical and direct; she prefers clear pleadings and thorough hearing preparation. She balances courtroom work with case management, drafting petitions, preparing medical evidence and coordinating with treating physicians. Her courtroom experience includes administrative hearings and settlement conferences before California workers' compensation judges.
She currently represents injured workers at the Law Offices of Melissa J. Lyons, Inc., handling workers' compensation claims in California.
