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Fred Lane is the Senior Partner of Lane & Lane, LLC.  He received his law degree from Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law in 1950.  He is the Dean of the Lawyer's Post Graduate Trial Technique Institute and frequent lecturer at bar associations and law schools. 

He is the author of Lane's Goldstein Trial Technique, Lane Medical Litigation Guide, and Lane's Goldstein Trial Technique Forms.  He is also the editor of the Medical Trial Technique Quarterly.

Fred is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; Diplomat and Past President of the American Board of Trial Advocates (Illinois); Past President of the Illinois State Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Decalogue Society of Lawyers.

Fred is married and has 4 sons, including firm partners Stephen and Scott Lane.

Personal Injury
Professional Malpractice
Medical Malpractice
Product Liability

Areas of Practice

• Products Liability
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Medical Malpractice
• Professional Malpractice Law
• Mediator in Above Areas of Practice
• Wrongful Death

Litigation Percentage

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1950
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education

• Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1950
  Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: Dean's List
  Law Review: Loyola University Law Review
  
  
• Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois
  
  

Published Works

• Lane's Goldstein Trial Technique, 3 Volumes
• Lane Medical Litigation Guide, 4 Volumes
• Lane's Goldstein Litigation Forms, 3 Volumes
• Proof of Facts, Illinois Civil Practice, (Co-Author), IICLE, Volume II
• Opinion Evidence, Illinois Civil Trial Evidence, (Co-Author), IICLE
• Supplement to Actions and Remedies: Professional Malpractice, (Co-Author), Callaghan & Co., 1989
• Supplement to Actions and Remedies: Intentional Torts, (Co-Author), Callaghan & Co., 1989
• Editor, Medical Trial Technique Quarterly

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Founder and Instructor, Illinois State Bar Association Trial Technique Institute

Honors and Awards

• Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers
• American ORT Jurisprudence Award (1st Nominee)
• Fellow, Illinois Bar Foundation
• Illinois State Bar Association Medal of Merit (highest award given by the ISBA)

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Board of Trial Advocates
  Diplomate and Past President (Illinois)
  
  
• Illinois State Bar Association
  Past President
  
  
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
  Past President
  
  
• Society of Trial Lawyers
  Member
  
  
• American Association for Justice
  Member
  
  
• Chicago Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• Decalogue Society of Lawyers
  Past President
  
  
• American Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• International Academy of Trial Lawyers
  Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Trial Division, Assistant State's Attorney
• Lawyer's Post Graduate Trial Technique Institute, Dean

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity

Birth Information

• 1925, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America