Protecting Your Civil Rights
Barry H. Dyller has committed his career to protecting the civil rights of individuals who have fallen victim to government action.
For decades, he has represented clients in matters involving excessive force; malicious prosecution; denial of medical care in prison; prison suicide; violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act; employment discrimination; and, sex discrimination and sexual assaults suffered by students. Attorney Dyller has tried in excess of 100 jury trials, and has represented thousands of clients in both civil and criminal matters.
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Protecting Your Civil Rights
Barry H. Dyller has committed his career to protecting the civil rights of individuals who have fallen victim to government action.
For decades, he has represented clients in matters involving excessive force; malicious prosecution; denial of medical care in prison; prison suicide; violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act; employment discrimination; and, sex discrimination and sexual assaults suffered by students. Attorney Dyller has tried in excess of 100 jury trials, and has represented thousands of clients in both civil and criminal matters.
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In 1992, Attorney Dyller founded the Dyller Law Firm (which became Dyller & Solomon, LLC) and has built a reputation as a leader in civil rights law.
Attorney Dyller has earned the respect of his peers in the legal community and regularly receives referrals from colleagues across the state for cases with civil rights components.
His expertise in this area of law, as well as his reputation within the community, has allowed Attorney Dyller to grow his practice into a firm of multiple attorneys dedicated to protecting the civil rights of individuals. In 2021, Attorney Dyller joined with Theron J. Solomon to form Dyller & Solomon, LLC. Since that time, the firm has grown by adding multiple attorneys who have shown a commitment to civil rights law while demonstrating high standards of scholarship and practice.
Attorney Dyller is admitted to practice law in the state courts of Pennsylvania and New York, as well as in multiple federal district and appellate courts in both Pennsylvania and New York. Attorney Dyller is a member of the Executive Committee of the Civil Rights Section of the American Association for Justice (the largest trial lawyers association in the country), and previously served as its chairman. He regularly lectures to both lawyers and non-lawyers on a variety of legal topics. Attorney Dyller is and has been a director or board member of many community and law-related organizations, including the Luzerne County Diversity Commission, the North Branch Land Trust, the Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon Society, Temple Israel, and the Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association. He has received various awards and honors, including the Wilkes-Barre NAACP’s Diversity Leadership Award, its highest honor.
Attorney Dyller graduated from Boston University School of Law in 1985, where he was awarded the Paul J. Liacos Distinguished Scholar for graduating third in a class of 427 students, and Edward F. Hennessey Scholar awards.
From 1985 to 1992, Attorney Dyller was a commercial litigator with a large New York based, international law firm, and a smaller New York City litigation boutique firm. Attorney Dyller moved to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1992, to marry his law school sweetheart, then attorney and now Judge Lesa Gelb. The couple continues to reside in the Wilkes-Barre area.