Attorneys

Stephen I. Lane is the managing partner of Lane & Lane, LLC, and is married with three children, ages 24, 18, and 16.  For over 30 years, he has represented plaintiffs in a wide variety of cases involving catastrophic personal injury.  He is a noted author and speaker on issues relating to personal injury and medical-related civil litigation for bar association, community and professional associations. 

For nearly 20 years, Steve served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Illinois State Bar Association, and has been an active member of the Illinois and national trial lawyers associations, as well as many other bar and community organizations.  He has been selected as an "Illinois SuperLawyer," and has received the highest ratings awarded for integrity and legal ability by the Martindale-Hubbell directory of attorneys.

Personal Injury
Professional Malpractice
Medical Malpractice
Product Liability

Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Professional Malpractice
• Medical Malpractice
• Product Liability

Litigation Percentage

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1978
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1978
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1996

Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1978
  J.D.
  
  
• University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, 1975
  B.A.
  Major: Political Science
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education, Illinois Institute
• Lecturer, Lawyers' Post-Graduate Clinics
• Lecturer, Illinois State Bar Association
• Lecturer, Chicago Bar Association
• Lecturer, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• Lecturer, Northwest Suburban Bar Association
• Lecturer, The American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
• Lecturer, National Business Institute

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Chicago Bar Association
  Member, Committees
  
  
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
  Member, Committees
  
  
• Illinois State Bar Association
  Board of Governors
  
  
• Illinois State Bar Association
  Charter Member, Special Committee on Professionalism
  
  
• Illinois State Bar Association, Task Force on Professionalism
  Charter Member
  
  
• Illinois State Bar Association, Tort Law Section Council
  Member
  
  
• Illinois State Bar Association
  Member, Legislation Committee
  
  
• Illinois State Bar Association
  Board Liaison, Committee on the Mentally Disabled
  
  
• Illinois State Bar Association, Commercial Banking and Bankruptcy Section Council
  Board Liaison
  
  
• Illinois State Bar Association, Labor Section Council
  Board Liaison, Delivery of Legal Services Committee
  
  
• Decalogue Society of Lawyers
  Board of Directors
  
  
• Asian American Bar Association
  Board Liaison
  
  
• Illinois State Bar Association
  Board Subcommittees on Insurance Programs
  
  
• Illinois State Bar Association, 1989 - 1990
  Special Committee to Review ISBA Mock Trial Programs
  
  
• Illinois State Bar Association
  Amicus Curiae Study Committee
  
  
• Center for Elder and Disability Law
  Board of Directors
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Law Offices of Lane & Munday, 1978 - 1991

Fraternities/Sororities

• Alpha Epsilon Pi
• Phi Alpha Delta

Birth Information

• May 1, 1953, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America