MEMBERS OF FIRM
Fred Lane (Member) born April 1, 1925; admitted to bar, 1950, Illinois. Education: Loyola University (J.D., 1950). Editor, Medical Trial Technique Quarterly. Former Assistant State's Attorney of Cook County. Author: Lane's Goldstein Trial Technique (3 volumes); Lane Medical Litigation Guide (4 volumes); Lane's Goldstein Trial Technique Quarterly; Lane's Goldstein Litigation Forms (3 volumes). Instructor: Trial Practice, Trial Technique Institute for the Illinois State Bar Association. Member: Chicago and Illinois State (President, 1986-1987) Bar Associations; Society of Trial Lawyers; American Trial Lawyers Association; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Past President); Decalogue Society of Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates (Diplomat and Past President). Fellow: International Academy of Trail Lawyers. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Medical and Professional Negligence; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Vehicular Negligence; Medical Malpractice; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Slip and Fall; Animal Bites; Railroad Accident; Toxic Torts; Class Actions; Jones Act; OSHA; Litigation; Birth Injuries; Cerebral Palsy; Head and Spinal Injuries; Nursing Home Litigation.Email: Fred Lane
Stephen I. Lane (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, May 1, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1975); Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1978). Phi Alpha Delta. Justinian Society. Author: "Illinois Civil Trial Practice," 1979; "Causes of Action," 2002 both published by Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Research Coordinator, Goldstein Trial Technique, 1978, Callaghan and Company. Former Member, Board of Directors, The Center for Disability and Elder Law and the Decalogue Society of Lawyers. Board of Directors, Temple Beth-El Synagogue, Northbrook, Illinois. Member: Chicago (Member, Committees: Civil Practice; Hospital & Health Care; Medico-Legal Relations; Sports Law; Trial Techniques; Tort Litigation; Circuit Court; Entertainment; Judicial Evaluation; Chair, Subcommittee to Investigate Use of Mail, Fax and Teleconferencing in Courts; Member, Committee to study the Legal Needs Assessment of the State of Illinois), DuPage County, Kane County, Lake County, Northwest Suburban, Illinois State (Member, Board of Governors, 1989-1991, 1993-1999, 2000; Secretary, 1995; Member: Tort Law Section Council and Special Committee on Professionalism, 1985; Task Force on Professionalism, First Joint Committee of the Board of Governors, 1987; Member, ISBA Assembly, 1989-1991, 1991; Committee to study the Lawyer Referral Service; Board Subcommittees on Insurance Programs; Committee to Review Mock Trial Programs, 1989-1990; Amicus Curiae Study Committee; Member, Assembly: Budget and Audit, Legislation, Personnel, Professionalism (Standing Committee), Scope and Correlation Committees; Special Committee to Review the Client's Security Fund; Liaison to the Attorneys Registration and Disciplinary Commission Committee; Committee on the Mentally Disabled, Delivery of Legal Services, Law Education, Admission and Competence Committee; Lawyers With Disabilities; Standing Committee on Legal Technology and Professionalism Committees; Commercial and Bankruptcy Law, Law Office Economics and Tort Law Section Councils; Chair of the Standing Committee on Community Involvement, 1994-1996; Education Law Section Council), and American Bar Associations; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Committees: Amicus Curiae; Rules; Publications; Membership; Medical Negligence; Legislative Law; Civil Procedures); Past or present member of The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American College of Legal Medicine (Associate in Law); Decalogue Society of Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors); Bohemian Lawyers' Association of Chicago; American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants; Association of Women's' Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses; Illinois State Bar Association Assembly; Elected Member, ISBA Assembly Agenda Committee; Fellow: Illinois Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Medical and Professional Negligence; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Vehicular Negligence; Medical Malpractice; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Slip and Fall; Animal Bites; Railroad Accidents; Toxic Torts; Class Actions; Jones Act; OSHA; Litigation; Birth Injuries; Cerebral Palsy; Head and Spinal Injuries; Nursing Home Litigation.Email: Stephen I. Lane
Scott D. Lane (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, July 31, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., cum laude, 1984); Loyola University of Chicago (J.D., 1988). Law Review, Loyola University. Recipient of the American College of Trial Lawyers Medal for Excellence in Advocacy. Selected as one of the "40 Attorneys Under 40 in Illinois to Watch" and as an "Illinois Super Lawyer" as published by Law & Politics and Chicago Magazine. Member, Loyola Circle of Advocates. Life Member, National Register of Who's Who in America. Former Cook County Assistant State's Attorney. Instructor and Coach of Trial Team, Loyola University of Chicago. Instructor, Illinois State Bar Association Trial Technique Institute. Lecturer, numerous bar association seminars on various topics pertaining to Civil Litigation. Contributing Editor, Lane's Goldstein Trial Technique and Lane Medical Litigation Guide. Author: "Illinois Law Survey: Torts, (1985-1986)," Loyola University Law Journal; "Proof of Facts," Illinois Civil Practice, Volume II IICLE; "Opinion Evidence," Illinois Civil Trial Evidence, IICLE; Supplements to Actions and Remedies: Intentional Torts (1989-1990) and Professional Malpractice (1989) (Callaghan & Co.); "Employment Discrimination," Loyola Quarterly, Summer, 1988 Edition; "Should Our Roads Be Safe For Intoxicated Drivers?," ISBA Tort Trends, Vol. 29, No. 4, April 1994; "Disability and Aggravation of a Pre-existing Condition: No Longer Separate Categories of Damages," ISBA Tort Trends, Vol. 31, No. 1, October 1995; "The Admissibility and Use of Habit Evidence in Medical Malpractice Actions," ISBA Tort Trends, Vol. 31, No. 6, May 1996; "Burrell v. Southern Truss: Total of Health Care Provider Liens May Not Exceed One-Third of Plaintiff's SettlementWill This Holding Facilitate Settlement of Personal Injury Cases?", ISBA Tort Trends, Vol. 32, No. 4, January, 1997; "Motions to Transfer Venue Based Upon Forum Nonconveniens: To Be Successful, Defendants Must Meet a Heavy Burden," ISBA Tort Trends, Vol. 33, No. 3, February 1998; "Questioning Your First Witness," School's Out: A Practice Primer for New Attorneys, IICLE, 1999; "Cammon v. West Suburban Hospital Medical Center: The First District Addresses the Relation Back Doctrine, the Requirements of § 2-622, and the Statute of Limitations in Spoliation of Evidence Cases," ISBA Tort Trends, Vol. 35, No.2, March 2000; "Voir Dire: Do Lawyers Have a Right to Question Directly?", Illinois Bar Journal Vol. 89, No.10, October 2001 and ISBA Trial Briefs, Vol. 47, No.1, September 2001; "Spoliation of Evidence," Illinois Causes of Action, IICLE; "IPI InstructionsAggravation of a Pre-Existing Condition is Not a Separate Element of Damages," ISBA Tort Trends, Vol. 40, No. 2 (1/05); "Use of Literature at Trial: "Authoritative" is Not the Only Magic Word", ISBA Tort Trends, Vol. 42, No. 4 (3/07); "Plaintiff's wrongful death claim on behalf of fetus allowed despite plaintiff's agreement to terminate pregnancy," ISBA Tort Trends, Vol. 44, No. 4 (6/09). Co-authored text, "Illinois Motions in Limine," published by Litigation One in 2004. Member: Chicago, Illinois State (Assembly for the First Judicial District; Tort Law Section Council; Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council) and American Bar Associations; American Association of Justice (fka "ATLA"); Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; Decalogue Society of Lawyers; American College of Legal Medicine; The International Society of Primerus. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Medical and Professional Negligence; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Vehicular Negligence; Medical Malpractice; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Slip and Fall; Animal Bites; Railroad Accidents; Toxic Torts; Class Actions; Jones Act; OSHA; Litigation; Birth Injuries; Cerebral Palsy; Head and Spinal Injuries; Nursing Home Litigation.Email: Scott D. Lane
Mark A. Brown (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, June 22, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.A., 1990); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 1993). Selected to "40 Under 40 Illinois Attorneys to Watch-2007" by Chicago Lawyer Magazine; Selected as an Illinois Superlawyer-2010 (5% of Illinois Attorneys chosen) in Plaintiff's Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice, as published in Chicago Lawyer Magazine; Author: Written Materials on Proximate Cause for Illinois Trial Lawyers Association-Medical Malpractice Seminar, 2002; Member: Judicial Screening Committee, 1997-2000; Civil Litigation Committee, 1997-2002. Author: "Civil Litigation Practice Reminder: Worker's Compensation Lien and Proceeds from Uninsured/Underinsured Policies," Illinois State Bar Association's Young Lawyers Journal, May, 1999. Seminar Organizer and Moderator: "Meet the Judges of the 3rd Judicial District to Discuss Supreme Court Rule 213," November, 1999. Member: American Association for Justice; Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations; Northwest Suburban Bar Association (Chairman, Young Lawyers Committee, 1998-2000); Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Birth Injuries; Cerebral Palsy; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Vehicular Negligence; Medical Malpractice; Medical and Professional Negligence; Head and Spinal Injuries; Premises Liability; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Slip and Fall; Products Liability; Animal Bites; Railroad Accidents; Toxic Torts; Class Actions; Jones Act; OSHA; Litigation; Nursing Home Litigation.Email: Mark A. Brown
ASSOCIATE
Raymond C. Steadmon (Associate) born Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1983; admitted to bar, 2009, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Ferris State University (B.S., Criminal Justice, with distinction, 2004; B.A., Sociology, with distinction, 2005); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 2008). Member: Illinois State Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury(25%); Premises Liability(25%); Medical Malpractice(25%); Products Liability(25%).Email: Raymond C. Steadmon
OF COUNSEL
John F. Sandner (Of Counsel)
Eugene K. Hollander (Of Counsel) (Also practicing individually).
Daniel B. Cullan (1954-2007).