Lyne Ranson

Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 41 years of experience

Family Law, Adoption, Child Custody, Guardianship

1528 Kanawha Blvd. East, Charleston, WV 25311

About Lyne Ranson

Practice Areas

Education

West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1982
J.D.
- Honors: Order of the Barristers
- Honors: Named to Moot Court Board
- Honors: Selected as "Outstanding Trial Advocate"
Salem College, Salem, West Virginia, 1974
B.S.
- Honors: magna cum laude
Harvard Law Negotiation Course with Professor Roger Fisher (2002)
Mediation Family Law Course West Virginia (1998)
Mediation Family Law Course Florida 2001

Classes and Seminars

Family Law Institute (Morgantown, WV), "New trends in alimony" (September 2005)
ABA Family Law CLE (Scottsdale, AZ) , "Top 5 Tips" (Oct. 2007)
WVU College of Law CLE family law (Morgantown) , "Building an Alimony Case from Scratch" (August 2008)
NBI — Family Law Program (Charleston, WV) , "Navigating Complex Asset Cases" (January 2009)
NBI -- Family Law (Charleston, WV), "Determining an Equitable Outcome" (July 2009)
ABA CLE (Montreal, Canada) , "Taking the family out of the Family Business" (October 2009)
WV Trial Lawyers Association (Charleston, WV), "What happens when your personal injury client files for divorce" (February 2010)
NBI Family Law Program (Charleston, WV), "Dissipation of Marital Property" (September 2011)
National CLE Conference LEI (Colorado) — Family Law CLE , "5 Ways to attack a Prenuptial Agreement" (January 2012)
WV State Bar Bridge the Gap presentation on Family Law , (Feb 2019)
WV State Bar presentation on “Mediation in Family Law” , (July 2019)
Colorado LEI presentation on “Toxic Clients” , (January 2020)

Bar Admissions

Other Affiliations

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Fellow)
American Bar Association, Family Law Section (Council and CLE-Co-Chair)
West Virginia State Bar, Family Law Committee (Chair)
Kanawha County Family Law Bench-Bar Committee (Chair)
AAML (Board of Governors)
AAML (Vice Chair, Chapter Leaders)
AAML (Vice Chair, Membership Committee)
ABA, Family Law Section (Officer, Secretary)
ABA, Family Law Section (Former CLE Co-Chair)
ABA, Family Law Section (Former Council member)
ABA, Family Law Section (Former Chair, Alimony Committee)
ABA, Family Law Section (Former Chair, Marital Property Committee)
ABA, Family Law Section (Former Finance Committee)
ABA, Family Law Section (Former Nominating Committee)
West Virginia State Family Law Bar, 2010 - Present (Chair)
Kanawha County Family Law Bench-Bar Committee, 2011 - Present (Chair)
Trial Advocacy Skills Course Instructor, West Virginia College of Law ((from beginning of summer Trial Ad course until it ceased))
University of Charleston, 1988 - Present (Paralegal Instructor)

Fraternities and Sororities

Lyne Ranson

Ashton L. Bias
8 years of experience
Family Law, Guardianship, Child Custody, Adoption, Domestic Violence, Contracts, Collaborative Law, Divorce, Military Divorce
Jessica Carter
16 years of experience
Family Law

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