Gary Lykins

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Gary Lykins

ABOUT


Mr. Lykins has an AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible attorney peer review rating issued by Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Lykins is also a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, having been elected as a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation in 1993.

Mr. Lykins is actively involved in various community and school activities and organizations with his children.

Mr. Lykins believes in early and effective investigation and evaluation. He provides his clients with frank, candid and timely advice in collaboration with them to achieve their goals. He believes communication is extremely important and strives toward maintaining open lines of communication with his clients, opposing counsel and the judiciary to achieve client goals in the most efficient manner possible.

Gary Lykins is an attorney with a broad range of experience handling a variety of matters throughout his more than 35-year legal career. His experience includes representations of businesses, employers, trucking companies, restaurants, manufacturers, retailers, real-estate developers, insureds, insurers, various professionals and an organ procurement organization.

Mr. Lykins is licensed to practice throughout Texas and is also licensed to practice in Oklahoma. He is admitted to practice before each of the four United States District Courts in Texas — namely, the Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas and is also to practice before the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma . Mr. Lykins is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and before the Supreme Court of the United States.

AREAS OF PRACTICE


  • Insurance Defense
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Nonsubscriber Defense
  • Construction Law
  • Products Liability
  • Business Law

EDUCATION


  • B.S. 1984, Truman State University
  • J.D. 1986, Baylor University School of Law

ADMISSIONS & HONORS


  • State Bar of Texas, 1986
  • State Bar of Oklahoma, 2019

ASSOCIATIONS


  • Dallas Bar Association
  • Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
  • Transportation Lawyers Association
  • Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
  • Baylor Law Alumni Association, Lifetime Member