H. Lane Young, II
Partner
4000 SunTrust Plaza
303 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30308-3243
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Lane Young is one of the nation’s leading asbestos defense lawyers and has been handling asbestos cases since 1977. Since that time, he has tried over fifty asbestos cases to verdict while serving as lead defense counsel. In addition, Lane devotes a significant portion of his practice to representing lawyers in the southeastern United States. Over the past quarter century, he has represented over 100 lawyers and their firms in legal malpractice actions. Lane has tried over twenty-five malpractice cases to verdict and brought over fifty appeals before the court.
Professional Experience
Lane currently serves as National Asbestos Trial Counsel for Ericsson, Inc., Celanese Corporation, and Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. He has also served as lead asbestos trial counsel for a number of other major corporations, including Sherwin-Williams and American Biltrite, Inc. He has represented virtually every legal malpractice carrier in the United States.
Lane successfully defended the only known brother and sister living mesothelioma case that has been tried in the United States. He also obtained the first defense verdict in a mesothelioma asbestos case in Baltimore in the last ten years. At the same time, he has continued to successfully defend law firms in jury trials throughout the State of Georgia.
Professional affiliations
- Atlanta Bar Association
- Member Emeritus
- Board of Directors, Litigation Section
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of Georgia
- Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Chairman, Northern District Georgia Bar Council
- International Association of Defense Counsel
Honors
- Best Lawyers in America, Professional Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation (2012)
- Listed, Georgia's Best Lawyers, for Legal Malpractice Law, Mass Tort Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (2011)
- Georgia Super Lawyer, Atlanta Magazine, for Class Action/Mass Torts and Professional Liability, (2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004)
- Top 100 Lawyers in Georgia, Atlanta Magazine (2007)
Presentations
Asbestos:
- "Asbestos and Products Liability," Defense Research Institute Asbestos Medicine Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada (2002)
- "Going to Trial - What You Need To Know and Do," Defense Research Institute Asbestos Medicine Seminar, Miami Beach, Florida (November 3, 2005)
- "Opening and Closing Arguments: The Defense Perspective," Mealey's Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2006)
- "Preparing for Your Product Liability Trial," Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Georgia 15th Annual Product Liability Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia (April 27, 2006)
- "Hindsight is 20/20," Defense Research Institute Asbestos Medicine Seminar, Las Vegas Nevada (2011)
Legal Malpractice:
- "Preventing Legal Malpractice Claims and Ethics Complaints in Business Transactions and General Practice," Panel Participant, Kennesaw State University (October 24, 2002)
- "2005 Update: Preventing Legal Malpractice Claims and Ethics Complaints in Your Law Practice," State Bar of Georgia (October 7, 2005)
- "2007 Update: Preventing Legal Malpractice Claims and Ethical Complaints in Your Law Practice," State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia (October 9, 2007)
- "Legal Malpractice Prevention and Defense," Risk Management Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada (June 6, 2008)
Bad Faith:
- "The Status of Bad Faith Claims in Georgia," Insurance Law Institute, Atlanta, Georgia (September 28, 1995)
- "Don't Let Your Good Deal Turn Bad," Ethics Panel, Lorman Commercial Leasing Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia (May 24, 2000)
Trials
- Amy Zickhur, Individually and as the Special Administrator to the Estate of Richard Campbell, Deceased, and Florence Campbell v. Ericsson Inc., et al.
- Dennis & Sally Riley v. Alcoa, Inc., et al.
- Richard Simpson v. AWC 1997 Corp., et al.
- Donnie R. Moore and Judy Moore V. American Biltrite, Inc., et al.
- Brenda Williams v. R. T. Vanderbilt, et al.
- Skelly v. Scapa, et al.
- Peter Hirsch v. R.T. Vanderbilt
- Royal & SunAlliance Insurance Group, PLC v. Mozley, Finlayson, and Loggins, LLP, et al.
- Joel & Sharon Rosenberg v. Alpha Wire Co., et al.
- Johnny Franklin, et al v. General Motors Corporation, et al.
- In re: Baylor, et al v. Scapa, Inc.
- William H. Rendle & Lillian E. Rendle, his wife v. American Optical Corp., et al.
- Skaggs v. Emergency Professionals of Atlanta, PC
- Atlanta Casualty v. Page, Scrantom, et al.
- Bobby Cummings v. Warren Pumps
- Joe James, et al. v. The Sherwin-Williams Company
- Charles Winkler v. Scapa, Inc.
- Estate of John T. Newman, Paula McPhail, Exec. v. Scapa, Inc.
- Joseph R. Westley, et al v. Scapa, et al.
- Clarence Bentley v. Ericsson, Inc.
- Clarence Bentley v. Union Carbide
- Ernest Coulter v. Scapa, Inc.
- William Rhodes v. Universal Supply Group
- George Adams, et al v. A.W. Chesterton, et al.
- C.P. Day v. Hall, Block, Garland and Meyer
- Paul Verret & Judith Verret v. American Biltrite, Inc., et al.
- Carl Saville, et al v. Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc., et al.
- Jessie Clancy, et al v. Kelly-Moore Paint Company, et al.
- Linda Kimbrell v. William P. Johnson, et al.
- Richard Austin v. Cleaver Brooks
- William Mendoza v. Cleaver Brooks
- Clarence Rabold v. Ericsson, Inc.
- First Bancorp Mortgage Corp. v. Richard Feagin
- James Brightman v. Cotton States Insurance Company
- Peterman v. Hamilton Materials, Inc.
- Toney v. Kelly Moore Paint Company
- Allen Esper v. Ralph W. Walker, III
- Dennis Emrick v. Scapa, Inc., et al.
- Larry Lavoie v. Julius Alembik
- Bobby R. Owen & Janice Owen v. Donald C. Suessmith
- Jim Morgan, et al v. Diane Dawson, et al.
- Jimmy Ray & Pay Ray v. Robert B. Lipman
- Jones v. Morgan Saw
- Robert E. Bickham, et al v. Scapa, Inc., et al.
- Edward F. Adams, et al v. Coweta County, et al.
- George W. Robertson v. Ericsson, Inc., et al.
- Ronald F. Peycno v. Ericsson, Inc.
- Whit Payne v. Jefferson Insurance Company
- Dannie Wynn, et al v. Richard L. Montgomery, et al.
- Kanawha County Mass IV
- Mark S. Grubb v. Coweta County
- Charles A. Dunn v. Jefferson Insurance Company of New York
- John Orecchia v. Ericsson Radio Systems
- Tennie Roberson v. George C. & Debra W. Temples
- Acree v. Lefkoff, Duncan, Miller, et al.
- Hamilton v. Coweta County
- In re: Asbestos Personal Injury Cases Abrams Lead
- Robert Lytle v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
- Madeline Jacobsen v. Thomas M. Boyle, III and Glenville Haldi
- Spradlin v. Duckett
- Herman M. Hoffman v. Allied Signal
- Scarberry v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
- Russell Amos, et al. v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc., et al.
- William S. McHugh & Madeline McHugh v. Anaconda Wire & Cable
- Rufus Cline, et al v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc., et al.
- James Moore v. Johns Manville Sales Corporation, et al.
- Aubrey Hendrix, et al v. Johns-Manville Corp., et al.
- Ralph G. Watson v. Raybestos Manhattan, et al.
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Practice areas
Education
J.D., with honors, University of Georgia, 1976
B.A., with honors, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1973
- Law Clerk to the Honorable William B. Gunter, Justice, Georgia Supreme Court, 1976-1977
Bar admissions
- Georgia
- West Virginia
Courts
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Georgia Supreme Court
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- United States Supreme Court