Ted Lyon was born and raised in Terrell, Texas. His undergraduate degree is in political science that he obtained from East Texas State University (now known as Texas A&M Commerce). Prior to law school, Ted married his high school sweetheart, Donna. While working as a police officer, he put himself through undergraduate school and then went to Southern Methodist University School of Law. Over the past 41 years, Ted has represented clients in over 150 jury trials. Ted has over 41 years’ experience representing clients in complex litigation, involving personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, and business disputes. He has received verdicts that were ranked in the top ten in the nation on three occasions. He has been interviewed and featured by national and local media outlets, including Good Morning America, 60 Minutes II, NBC Dateline, Texas Lawyer, Dallas Observer, The National Law Journal, D Magazine, and Texas Monthly. Ted specializes in complex litigation. Ted has repeatedly (2003 through 2018) been named to the Super Lawyer List by Texas Monthly, and was named one of the top 100 Lawyers in America by American Trial Lawyers Association consecutively since 2007.

A top-ranked trial lawyer, Mr. Barrett has successfully handled thousands of criminal cases since 1994. He built his practice on a simple promise: the person who answers your questions, prepares your motions, and stands beside you at trial is the lawyer you hired. Peter focuses his practice entirely on criminal defense, in Texas state courts and in federal court. Since 1994 he has taken more than 150 cases to a jury verdict, a number most defense lawyers never reach. That experience changes how prosecutors negotiate, because they know which lawyers will actually try a case. His peers elected him President of the Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association in 2005 after five years on its board. His writing on Texas evidence law has appeared in Voice for the Defense, the journal of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. And his practice is bilingual: clients and their families work with him in English or Spanish.