Dana M. Lane is an associate in the Princeton, NJ. office of Hill Wallack LLP. She is a member of the School Law and Administrative Law/Government Contracts Practice Groups.

Ms. Lane concentrates her practice in education and administrative law, regulatory compliance and corporate litigation including public procurement, employment and government litigation.

Representative Matters

• Appears before the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law, Public Employment Relations Commission, Division on Civil Rights and School Ethics Commission on behalf of clients
• Represents boards of education and boards of trustees in complex tenure and labor association grievance matters
• Represents clients in the Civil and Appellate Divisions of the New Jersey Superior Court and at the federal level in the United States District Court of New Jersey
• Has successfully argued dismissal of several matters at the arbitration and mediation level
• Provides legal guidance to clients when making difficult employment and budgetary decisions
• Advises clients on the legal ramifications of various employment actions, litigation strategies and settlement options

Representative Clients

Ms. Lane represents a wide variety of clients, including

• Boards of education
• Boards of trustees
• Educational and municipal entities
• Individuals.

Leadership

• Member,  American Bar Association
• Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Member, Mercer County Bar Association, Young Lawyers and Women Lawyers Committees
• Member, Hill Wallack LLP's Professional Relations Committee

Ms. Lane is admitted to practice in New Jersey (2006),  New York (2007) and before the United States District Court of New Jersey (2006). She served a Judicial Clerkship in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex Vicinage with the Honorable Alexander P. Waugh, Jr., Presiding Judge, Chancery Division, who now serves in the Appellate Division.

Ms. Lane earned her law degree from New York Law School and was an active member of the Moot Court Team. She competed in various brief writing and oral argument competitions where she received oral advocacy awards. Ms. Lane is an honors graduate of Boston University with a degree in elementary education and mathematics. Prior to entering law school, Ms. Lane taught elementary education, special education, and sixth grade mathematics and reading for four years in New Jersey and Massachusetts.