Steven J. Lane is the managing partner of Herman, Herman, Katz & Cotlar, L.L.P. as well as a partner in the national firm, HERMAN GEREL, LLP, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Lane received his B.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1977 and his Juris Doctorate from Loyola University School of Law in 1980. Having cultivated an expertise in family and domestic litigation, Mr. Lane has developed extensive experience in a broad range of cases including commercial cases, products liability cases, employment disputes, railroad cases, explosion cases and other complex disputes. Mr. Lane was selected as one of the top attorneys in the field of Family Law in The Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2007 .

Significant verdicts:
Thompson, et al. vs. MetLife, USDC, SDNY, No. 00-CV-5071 (Co-lead counsel in class action settlement valued at $120,000,000);

Brodie v. Physicians Mutual Insurance Co., et al., USDC, WDTx, San Antonio Division, No. 94-CI-04251 (class action settlement of $46,700,000 for plaintiffs);

Forced-Placed Insurance Consolidated Cases: Holmes v. Trustmark National Bank, Wilks v. Sunstar Acceptance Corp., Hoskins v. Prudential Insurance Co. and Humphrey v. Hibernia National Bank (judgment of $39,803,643 for plaintiffs);

Bergeron v. State Boxing and Wrestling Comm., Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, No. 97-22318 (judgment for plaintiff of $9,203,268.37, May 2001);

Degarmo v. Healthcare Recoveries, Inc., USDC, N. District of West Virginia at Wheeling, No. 5:94cv14 (class action settlement of $3,000,000 for plaintiffs).

PRACTICE GROUPS

• Business and Commercial Law
• Civil Rights Litigation
• Class Action/Complex Litigation
• Complex Business Litigation
• Family Law
• Highway Defect
• HMO/Managed Care Litigation
• Motor Vehicle
• Personal Injury or Wrongful Death

EDUCATION

• Loyola University School of Law, J.D. 1980
• State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A. 1977

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

• Louisiana
• U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S.D.C. for the Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana

AFFILIATIONS

• Louisiana State Bar Association
• Louisiana Association for Justice
• Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
• American Bar Association
• American Association for Justice