Lyne Ranson - Charleston, WV

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1982
    J.D.
    Honors: Order of the Barristers
    Honors: Named to Moot Court Board
    Honors: Selected as "Outstanding Trial Advocate"

• Non Legal Education

  • Salem College, Salem, West Virginia, 1974
    B.S.
    Honors: magna cum laude
  • Harvard Law Negotiation Course with Professor Roger Fisher (2002)
  • Mediation Family Law Course West Virginia (1998)
  • Mediation Family Law Course Florida 2001

Current Employment Position(s)

• Owner/Attorney

Classes and Seminars

• Family Law Institute (Morgantown, WV), "New trends in alimony" (September 2005)
  
• ABA Family Law CLE (Scottsdale, AZ) , "Top 5 Tips" (Oct. 2007)
  
• WVU College of Law CLE family law (Morgantown) , "Building an Alimony Case from Scratch" (August 2008)
  
• NBI — Family Law Program (Charleston, WV) , "Navigating Complex Asset Cases" (January 2009)
  
• NBI -- Family Law (Charleston, WV), "Determining an Equitable Outcome" (July 2009)
  
• ABA CLE (Montreal, Canada) , "Taking the family out of the Family Business" (October 2009)
  
• WV Trial Lawyers Association (Charleston, WV), "What happens when your personal injury client files for divorce" (February 2010)
  
• NBI Family Law Program (Charleston, WV), "Dissipation of Marital Property" (September 2011)
  
• National CLE Conference LEI (Colorado) — Family Law CLE , "5 Ways to attack a Prenuptial Agreement" (January 2012)
  
• WV State Bar Bridge the Gap presentation on Family Law , (Feb 2019)
  
• WV State Bar presentation on “Mediation in Family Law” , (July 2019)
  
• Colorado LEI presentation on “Toxic Clients” , (January 2020)
  
• Trial Advocacy Skills Course Instructor, West Virginia College of Law, (from beginning of summer Trial Ad course until it ceased)
  
• University of Charleston, Paralegal Instructor, 1988 to Present

Bar Admissions

• West Virginia, 1982
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1982

Other Affiliations

• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Fellow)
• American Bar Association, Family Law Section (Council and CLE-Co-Chair)
• West Virginia State Bar, Family Law Committee (Chair)
• Kanawha County Family Law Bench-Bar Committee (Chair)
• AAML (Board of Governors)
• AAML (Chair, Chapter Leaders)
• AAML (Vice Chair, Membership Committee)
• ABA, Family Law Section (Chair Elect)
• ABA, Family Law Section (Former CLE Co-Chair)
• ABA, Family Law Section (Former Council member)
• ABA, Family Law Section (Former Chair, Alimony Committee)
• ABA, Family Law Section (Former Chair, Marital Property Committee)
• ABA, Family Law Section (Former Finance Committee)
• ABA, Family Law Section (Former Nominating Committee)
• ABA, Family Law Section (Trial Advocacy Institute Instructor)
• West Virginia State Family Law Bar, 2010 - Present (Chair)
• Kanawha County Family Law Bench-Bar Committee, 2011 - Present (Chair)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi