Lane, Robert W

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Fifth Judicial District Court

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District Court Judge

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Robert Lane graduated from Basic High School in Henderson, Nevada, in 1977. He served 6 ½ years in the U.S Navy as a submarine electrician on the USS Barbel SS-580 out of Hawaii and did a WestPac to Japan, Korea and more. He served as a chaplain’s assistant at an isolated duty station in Newfoundland, Canada, and Long Beach, CA. After leaving the Navy, he served a church mission in Ontario, Canada. Robert then attended UNLV for two years overloading credits each semester, and graduating with honors with a bachelor of science degree, and while also working full time as an administrative assistant for U.S Senator Chic Hecht; as Clark County and UNLV Young Republican Chair; as UNLV Elections Board Chair; and as a weekly columnist for the UNLV school paper. He then attended the University of Utah Law School overloading credits to graduate early in 2 ½ years during which he worked as a Law Clerk for the Legal Aid Society; as a Judicial Clerk; and as a Constitutional Law Tutor. He passed the Nevada Bar at the end of his second year of law school. He briefly worked in private practice in Las Vegas before moving to Nye County in 1993 and working as a Deputy District Attorney for seven years. He has conducted court for criminal, civil, family, juvenile, probate, DCFS child welfare, child support, and drug court. He started the Drug Court program in 2002. He has served on several State Boards including Judicial Ethics, Judicial Education, and Specialty Courts. He has taken judicial education and master degree courses in Handling Capital cases, Scientific Evidence and Expert Testimony, Criminal Evidence, Sentencing, Specialty Courts and many more. He Lane has served on the Board of the Chamber of Commerce, in Rotary, worked to start CASA and ACORN, and other political, charitable and church work, including special needs.