Marc J. Lane is a Chicago-based attorney and financial advisor who represents high-income, high-net worth individuals around the nation in connection with decision involving both legal and financial issues. 

Twice a recipient of the Illinois State Bar Association's Lincoln Award, Marc has consistently earned an "AV" rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory, the highest ranking awarded. Martindale-Hubbell, which also includes him in its Bar Registry of Preeminent Attorneys, rates his legal ability as "very high" and reports that he "embraces faithful adherence to ethical standards, progressive reliability and diligence." In addition, he has been selected by his peers as a "Leading Illinois Attorney" and as an "Illinois Super Lawyer."

Marc is an innovator in helping investors, philanthropists, foundations, social enterprises and social entrepreneurs leverage capital to maximize financial results while driving positive social change. He designed and teaches the Social Enterprise course at Northwestern University School of Law, where he is an Adjunct Professor of Law.  He is the pioneer behind the Advocacy Investing® approach to socially responsible and mission-related investing (www.AdvocacyInvesting.com).  A Director of Social Enterprise Alliance, the national association of enterprising nonprofits and social-purpose businesses, he spearheaded the launch of its Chicago chapter, which he serves as President and a Director.  And he is a force behind L3C legislation in several states, authorizing the new hybrid business form which can leverage foundations' program-related investments to access trillions of dollars of market-driven capital for ventures with modest financial prospects, but the possibility of major social impact.  

Marc is the author of 32 books on personal finance, taxation, corporation organization and governance including Profitable Socially Responsible Investing? An Institutional Investor's Guide, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, Advising Entrepreneurs: Dynamic Strategies for Financial Growth, John Wiley and Sons, Legal Handbook for Nonprofit Organizations, American Management Association, and Representing Corporate Officers and Directors, Aspen Publishing.  His treatises, Social Enterprise, American Bar Association, and Corporate Governance and Fiduciary Responsibilities: Representing Officers, Directors, Managers, and Trustees, Aspen Publishing, will be published in 2010.

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Marc J. Lane
Founder & Chairman

Marc J. Lane Wealth Group
180 N LaSalle St, Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel: 312-372-5000

mlane@marcjlane.com
http://www.marcjlane.com