Scott D. Lane - Chicago, IL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1988
    Doctor of Jurisprudence
    Honors: Dean's List
    Honors: National Mock Trial Team
    Honors: American College of Trial Lawyers Medal for Excellency in Advocacy
    Honors: Leadership and Service Award
    Honors: Alpha Sigma Nu
    Law Review: Loyola Law Review, Member

• Non Legal Education

  • Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1984
    Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Dean's List
    Honors: Captain, Rugby Team
    Honors: Tennis Team
    Major: Criminal Justice
    Major: Sociology
    Minor: Psychology

Current Employment Position(s)

• Senior Partner

Past Positions

• Lane & Munday, Associate, 1990 - 1991
• Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Assistant State's Attorney, 1988 - 1990

Classes and Seminars

• Instructor, Illinois State Bar Association Trial Technique Institute
  
• Instructor, Trial Practice and Trial Team, Loyola University School of Law, 1988 - Present
  
• Frequent Lecturer, Various Topics Pertaining to Civil Litigation, Bar Association Seminars

Published Works

Articles

• Illinois Motions in Limine (co-authored text)
  
• Lane's Goldstein Trial Technique (Contributing Editor)
  
• Lane Medical Litigation Guide (Contributing Editor)
  
• Proof of Facts, Illinois Civil Practice, IICLE, Volume II
  
• Opinion Evidence, Illinois Civil Trial Evidence, IICLE
  
• Illinois Law Survey: Torts, Loyola University Law Journal, 1986
• Supplement to Actions and Remedies: Professional Malpractice, Callaghan & Co., 1989
• Supplement to Actions and Remedies: Intentional Torts, Callaghan & Co., 1990
• Employment Discrimination, Loyola Quarterly, Summer, 1988
• Questioning Your First Witness, School's Out: A Practice Primer for New Attorneys, IICLE
• Should Our Roads Be Safe for Intoxicated Drivers?, ISBA Tort Trends, Vol. 29, No. 4, 1994
• 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 (3/2000)
• Spoliation of Evidence, Illinois Causes of Action-Elements, Forms & Winning Tips: Tort Actions, IICLE, 2002
• IPI Instructions -- Aggravation 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)

Bar Admissions

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

Other Affiliations

• Chicago Bar Association (Member, Moot Court Committee)
• Illinois State Bar Association, Member of Tort Law and Civil Practice & Procedure Section Council and Assembly for First Judicial District
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• American College of Legal Medicine (Member)
• Decalogue Society of Lawyers
• International Society of Primerus