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Garry R. Lane
E-mail: garry@ranspell.com

Garry practices general civil litigation including personal injury, employment, business, and aviation litigation

Garry R. Lane was born in Rochester, New Hampshire on May 14, 1954. As many of the litigators in the firm have done, he attended the litigation training program of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. He practices general civil litigation including, personal injury, employment, business, and aviation litigation. A large percentage of his cases have been in federal court. In aviation, he represents only the defense, including aviation insurers, manufacturers, pilots, FBO's, and airlines, but in other cases he represents plaintiffs and defendants.  Garry has a special interest in severe burn injury cases. In addition to litigation, he also represents several small businesses in miscellaneous general legal issues.

Garry is an active member of the New Hampshire Bar Association, serving as a member of its Continuing Legal Education Committee, past member of its Board of Governors, and mediator/arbitrator in the Dispute Resolution Committee.  He is Chairman of the Business Litigation Section of the New Hampshire Bar Association.  Garry also volunteers his time to represent clients through the Bar Association Pro Bono Referral Service and DOVE, an organization which provides legal assistance to women and children dealing with domestic violence.  He is Co-chair of a holiday food basket program that provides food at Thanksgiving and Easter to the less fortunate.

Garry, his wife, and children live in Concord. He is a licensed instrument rated pilot and also flies sailplanes. He is a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the Soaring Society of America, the Experimental Aircraft Association, the International Aerobatic Club and the Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association.

Education: Amherst College B.A., economics, 1977 (Phi Beta Kappa); University of Virginia School of Law, 1980.

Bar Admissions: Connecticut (beginning 1980), New Hampshire (beginning in 1987), and Maine (beginning in 1991); Federal Courts District of Connecticut; Eastern, Southern, and Northern Districts of New York; Eastern District of Michigan; District of New Hampshire; District of Vermont; First Circuit Court of Appeals; Second Circuit Court of Appeals; and U.S. Supreme Court; Merrimack County, New Hampshire and American Bar Associations (member, Litigation Section).

Professional Activities: Continuing Legal Education Committee of the New Hampshire Bar Association; past member of the Board of Governors of the New Hampshire Bar Association; member, American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA), Products Liability Section; past chairman of the board of the Riverbend Community Mental Health Center; Concord Leadership Program graduate.

Concentration: Civil litigation.

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