For the past two decades, Lane Heard has devoted his time to the defense of mass tort pharmaceutical claims — Pfizer’s Norplant, Diet Drug, Thimerosal and Hormone Therapy litigations and, currently, Cardinal Health’s opioid litigation — with principal responsibility for coordinating the national defense.  Lane has handled the regular appearances before the multidistrict judges, tried the bellwether cases, argued the appeals, written the major (and minor) briefs, and worked hand-in-hand with local counsel.

Lane's practice over the past thirty years has involved an array of litigation matters, including the defense of medical malpractice, legal malpractice, libel, and commercial disputes, including a half-billion dollar dispute arising from the collapse of a reservations-system software development project and the international arbitration of a multi-billion patent-licensing dispute.  He has represented individuals accused of bribery, contract murder, and rape.  And, as counsel for plaintiffs, he has represented individuals and a group of Vietnamese orphans who survived the crash of their evacuation flight.