Why you need
a female-owned law firm
Feel valued, seen and heard when you choose Melissa J. Lyon, P.C. Melissa provides a trusting and professional experience for her clients while thinking outside of the box to bring a solution-oriented approach to whatever gets in the way of your business’s success. Melissa’s Wyoming roots bring her country-law background to her services.
services
Melissa J. Lyon, P.C. Provides
Melissa J. Lyon, P.C. offers a broad range of transactional services for your business needs. By way of example, our services include drafting and negotiating master services agreements and other services-related contracts for a variety of industries, independent contractor agreements, purchase and sale agreements, promissory notes and other financial agreements, surface use agreements, and agreements relating to the oil and gas sector such as pipeline easements.
In addition, Melissa J. Lyon, P.C. offers regulatory services and has significant litigation experience, particularly concerning complex breach of contract issues.
FEATURED IN:
Articles, blog and speaking engagements
BLOGS
Energy Law Today Blog author, 2014-2018
Rocky Mountain Energy Essentials Blog author, 2018-2020
ARTICLES
“Business Friendly: Wyoming Establishes Chancery Court,” The Energy Law Advisor, Institute for Energy Law, Volume 13, No. 4, November 2019
Lyon, Melissa J., “Ethical Considerations For ENR Attorneys,” Wyoming Lawyer, Vol. 40, No. 6, December 2017
“One Stop Shopping for Nationwide Well Information? The New National Oil & Gas Gateway,” General Counsel News, October 2017
“Success: What Habit Do You Wish You Never Started?,” Cordell Parvin Blog, August 2017
Lyon, Melissa J., “Liability After Assignment Now Applies To Surface Rights,” Law360 (January 8, 2016)
AWARDS
National Law Review’s 2019 Go-To Thought Leader in Energy Award
Selected as one of the “Top Women in Energy” by the Denver Business Journal (2015, 2016, 2018)
Nominated for the Denver Business Journal’s Outstanding Women in Business Awards (2015)
Nominated for the Denver Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” (2015 and 2016)
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
"Asked and Answered: A Panel Discussion and Tips for Young Lawyers," Wyoming State Bar Annual Meeting & Judicial Conference, September 2017
"Oil and Gas Contract Pitfalls that Can Lead to Litigation," Wyoming State Bar Annual Meeting & Judicial Conference, September 2017
Agricultural Law Class Guest Speaker, University of Wyoming, 2015-2018
