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Good day! I've such method to get [DisplayName] attribute value of a property (which is attached directly or using [MetadataType] attribute). I use it in rare cases where I need to get [DisplayName] in controller code. public static class MetaDataHelper { public static string GetDisplayName(Type dataType, string fieldName) { // First look into attributes on a type and it's parents DisplayNameAttribute attr; attr = (DisplayNameAttribute)dataType.GetProperty(fieldName).GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DisplayNameAttribute), true).SingleOrDefault(); // Look for [MetadataType] attribute in type hierarchy // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1910532/attribute-isdefined-doesnt-see-attributes-applied-with-metadatatype-class if (attr == null) { MetadataTypeAttribute metadataType = (MetadataTypeAttribute)dataType.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(MetadataTypeAttribute), true).FirstOrDefault(); if (metadataType != null) { var property = metadataType.MetadataClassType.GetProperty(fieldName); if (property != null) { attr = (DisplayNameAttribute)property.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DisplayNameAttribute), true).SingleOrDefault(); } } } return (attr != null) ? attr.DisplayName : String.Empty; } } It works, but it has two drawbacks: It requires field name as string It doesn't work if I want to get property of a property Is it possible to overcome both problems using lambdas, something like we have in ASP.NET MVC: Html.LabelFor(m => m.Property.Can.Be.Very.Complex.But.Strongly.Typed); Update Here is an updated and checked version from BuildStarted solution. It is modified to use

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