Lane Crowder is an attorney in Baker Donelson's Chattanooga office. As a member of the Business Litigation Group, she concentrates her practice on commercial and employment litigation. She represents corporations and health care facilities in a wide variety of cases, including employment discrimination claims and contract disputes

Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Ms. Crowder served as a career law clerk to the Honorable R. Allan Edgar, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, and the Honorable Shelley D. Rucker, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. As a law clerk in federal district court, Ms. Crowder assisted in drafting hundreds of legal opinions involving a myriad of issues, including employment discrimination, federal environmental laws, federal Indian law, intellectual property, criminal, and common law tort and contract diversity disputes. As a bankruptcy court clerk, Ms. Crowder assisted in drafting legal opinions relating to bankruptcy court jurisdiction, trustee immunity, dischargeability of particular debts, collateral estoppel, contempt, property and exemption rights, tax issues and secured transactions. Her experience as a federal law clerk, at both the district court and bankruptcy court level, has provided Ms. Crowder with a wealth of insight into how courts resolve cases and determine their findings.

Ms. Crowder previously served as an associate at a law firm in Seattle, Washington, for six years, practicing school law, employment law and general civil litigation. She represented school districts and employers in federal and state litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, as well as in administrative proceedings.