Byron was born on the Sunshine Coast and attended schooling in Central Queensland. He graduated from the Queensland University of Technology with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) in 1997 and in that year was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. In February 1998 Byron was admitted as a Solicitor to the Supreme Court of Queensland and later that year was also admitted to practice in the High Court of Australia. Byron is a Queensland Law Society Approved Mediator having completed the Bond University Mediation Course in December 2002.

Byron is a Director of Operation Smile Australia Limited which is a not for profit charity organisation that provides cranio facial surgery to children in third world countries along with educating surgeons from third world countries. He is also a representative of the Queensland Law Society and the Queensland University of Technology School of Accountancy Advisory Committee.

Byron represents clients in a large range of legal matters including property and commercial, personal injuries, general litigation, business services and wills and estates.

Byron's personal interests include spending time with his young family and sport of all kinds.