Stephen I. Lane, Esq.
Phone: 312.279.6913
Email: stevelane@lane-lane.com
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.
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
