Attorney Lyon has been practicing law since 1997. She grew up on Army posts across the United States and Europe while her father was on military assignment. She attended Paris American High School and graduated from Richard Montgomery High School in Maryland. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland and Suffolk University Law School in 1995. Prior to joining Stern, Keilty & Wall, LLC, where she specializes in estate planning, elder law, and estate administration, she worked as an associate with the O’Connor Law Firm in Topsfield, Massachusetts. Before law school, she worked as a writer, editor and trainer at health and human-services consulting firms in the Washington, D.C. area, and then as a freelance editor in the Boston area. Ms. Lyon also worked part-time as a professional musician in Washington, D.C. She lives in Topsfield, Massachusetts, with her family and serves on the Board of Directors of the Topsfield Council on Aging. She is also a speaker on estate-planning and elder-law topics.