Duane Lyons is a retired attorney with a distinguished career. From 2001 to 2004, he was a partner with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, where he specialized in commercial litigation and white collar criminal defense. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Lyons served as an Assistant United States Attorney from 1991 to 2001. During his tenure as an AUSA, Mr. Lyons received numerous awards, including a personal commendation from the Attorney General of the United States for his work on the successful civil rights prosecution of the Los Angeles police officers involved in the Rodney King beating.
In 2023, Mr. Lyons was appointed as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the state of Colorado. In October 2023, he and a team of lawyers from Quinn Emanuel and the Attorney General’s office secured a conviction of an Aurora Police Officer for criminally negligent homicide and assault arising from the death of Elijah McClain.
His civic and charitable activities include serving on the Los Angeles Police Commission Advisory Committee on Building Trust and Equity; the Los Angeles Bar Judicial Elections Evaluation Committee; Knox Presbyterian Church and the Board of Directors of the Wilshire Country Club.