Thomas S. Lane
Managing Partner
Tel: 716.842.2800
Fax: 716.845.6709
Email: tlane@websterszanyi.com
Practice Areas
- Commercial and Business Disputes
- Contingency-Fee Business Litigation
- Employment
- Partnership Disputes
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability and Toxic Torts
- Professional Liability
Education
- State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, JD (cum laude)
- Villanova University, BA
Admitted to Practice
- New York State
- United States District Courts (NYS)
- Various Courts around the country – pro hac vice
Professional Associations
- New York State Bar Association
- Erie County Bar Association
- Several Bar Association Committees
- Appointed to ECBA Judiciary Committee
Activities & Awards
- 2014 – 2023 Best Lawyers in America
- Alumni Board of Governors for Canisius High School (former member)
- Named to the Legal Elite of Western New York
- Selected as a Top 100 Bet-The-Company Litigator
- Best of the Bar – Top 100 Verdict (2019)
- Top 50 Lawyers – 2020 Upstate NY Super Lawyers
- Named to Who’s Who in Law (WNY)
- Listed in Super Lawyers (New York, National, and Corporate Counsel Editions)
- Selected as a Fellow by The Litigation Counsel of America (Trial Lawyer Honorary Society)
- Buffalo Law Review (former Publications Editor)
- Robert J. Connelly Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy
- Board of Directors for the University of Buffalo School of Law GOLD Group Alumni Association (former officer)
- General Solicitation Board/Erie County Bar Foundation (former member)