Robert Gerhart Gerhart Lane

Background

Lane, Robert Gerhart was born on September 24, 1931 in Long Beach, California, United States. Son of Herman G. and Adele (Steg) Lane.

Education

AB, University of Southern California, 1953; Master of Arts in Political Science, University of Southern California, 1955; Bachelor of Laws, University of Southern California, 1960.

Career

Associate, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Los Angeles, 1960-1967; partner, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Los Angeles, 1967-1993; managing partner, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Los Angeles, 1986-1991; general counsel, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, since 1993.

Achievements

• Bar: California 1960, United States District Court (central district) California 1960, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit) 1964, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1971.

Membership

Member Town Hall, Los Angeles. Board councilors University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Member board alliance Natural History Museum Los Angeles County.

Member Fellows of the Huntington Library. Member of law and justice committee Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Served to First lieutenant United States Air Force Reserve, 1954-1957. Member American Bar Association (Robinson Patman committee antitrust section), California Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Order of Coif.

Connections

Married Mary Ellaine Griffith, August 29, 1953. Children: John, Scott, David, Mary Katherine.

Father:

Herman G. Lane

Mother:

Adele (Steg) Lane

Spouse:

Mary Ellaine Griffith

child:

Scott Lane

child:

David Lane

child:

John Lane

child:

Mary Katherine Lane