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Lyne Ranson - Charleston, WV
1528 Kanawha Blvd., East Charleston, WV 25311
Lyne Ranson Law Offices, PLLC
Updated: 01/12/2023
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Charleston Family Law Lawyer
About Lyne Ranson
Current Employment Position(s)
- Owner/Attorney
Practice Areas
- Family Law 100%
- Adoption
- Child Support
- Custody & Visitation
- Divorce
- Mediation for Family Law
Qualifications
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)
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
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" - 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
Fraternities and Sororities
- Phi Delta Phi
Fees
Accepts Credit Cards
Office Information
Address
1528 Kanawha Blvd., East Charleston, WV 25311
Phone
Fax
- 304-342-5963
Websites
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Lyne Ranson
Honors
- Special Achievement Award, U.S. Department of Justice
- Super Lawyers
- Top Family Law Attorneys
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