Andrew D. Lane

Andrew is an Associate in Maynard Nexsen's Complex & Commercial Litigation and Private Markets practice groups.

Prior to joining Maynard Nexsen, Andrew served as a defense attorney with the Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps, the legal arm of the United States Army. As a member of the JAG Corps, Andrew litigated full federal jury trials on a nearly monthly basis, heard motions as a federal military magistrate and advised on issues of National Security Law and any real-world operations both in the U.S. and abroad.

Andrew represented soldiers in a wide variety of actions ranging from separation boards to courts martial and supported federal criminal litigation, maintaining roughly ten active cases at a time as first chair. Andrew regularly wrote and argued complex legal motions ranging from Motions to Suppress, Motions to Dismiss for Unreasonable Multiplication of Charges and Motions to Compel Production.

He also advised on contract and fiscal law, cyber warfare, military justice and national security law issues, ensured treaty compliance in operations spanning nine countries in Eastern Europe as part of the U.S. Department of Defense's Russian Deterrence Initiative and worked on administrative law issues.

Andrew clerked for the Honorable Janis G. Jack of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, where he researched and wrote orders regarding motions to dismiss, summary judgments, sanctions, and remands on federal jurisdiction, Title VII, the Declaratory Judgment Act, prisoner habeas corpus, the Administrative Procedures Act and the Freedom of Information Act.

Andrew holds a J.D. from the Duke University School of Law and a B.A. in History from the University of Texas.

Outside Maynard Nexsen

Andrew is a Founding Fathers aficionado and a fan of Rugby Sevens, Hamilton, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.