Shane Lazenby from Lazenby Law Group joins us this week on Sports ‘N Torts. Shane is the founder and managing member of Lazenby Law Group. After more than a decade of defending injury cases to include medical malpractice, Shane decided to reverse course and help the victims of serious injuries. Shane’s
firm is in Gainesville, GA and he considers himself a small town lawyer – but who gets the results of big city lawyer. By way of an example, Shane is a record holder for largest jury verdict in Georgia history against a tractor trailer company in a wrongful death case in his region. We talk about the facts of his $21M verdict, why it was such an important case to him and the lessons learned in “dirt work” that led to that result.   

Following law school, Shane returned to the United States
Army where he served as a Judge Advocate with the 82d Airborne Division. Shane’s service included duties as the Regimental Judge Advocate for the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment where he obtained a 100% conviction rate in the
most active military justice jurisdiction in the United States Army. Shane was also selected to be the first Judge Advocate from the 82d Airborne Division to deploy to the Global War on Terrorism as counsel to the Commander of the 3d Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Shane was then selected to be the Operational Law Attorney for the 82d Airborne Division Commander in Bagram, Afghanistan where he served until returning home. 

In December 2010, Shane retired from the Georgia Army
National Guard after 21 years of total military service with the Georgia National Guard, United States Army, and Army Reserve. Shane joined the military in 1989, first serving as a combat medical specialist. In 1993, Shane graduated from Officer’s Candidate School and was commissioned as an Infantry Officer.
Shane served as an Infantry Platoon Leader, Signal Platoon Leader, and Operations Officer with a Ranger-led, Airborne Long Range Surveillance Unit. He then returned to the active Army for his tour of duty as a Judge Advocate before transitioning into the Army Reserve. Shane’s service as an Army Ranger also included competition in the LTG David E. Grange Best Ranger Competition in 2002. 

Shane talks about his Firm’s “Hometown Heroes” programs and why it is important to him to recognize those making a difference in his home town.

This episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA – www.jsteinlawfirm.com