About our Founder

Marc J. Lane

Marc J. Lane is an AV-rated attorney, author of over 30 books on corporate management, taxation and personal finance as well as Socially Responsible Investing (SRI). He is the founder of the Marc J. Lane Wealth Group^® which, with roots going back to 1971, includes The Law Offices of Marc J. Lane, P.C.; Marc J. Lane Investment Management, Inc., an SEC-registered investment advisor; Marc J. Lane & Company a FINRA-registered, full-service general securities firm; and Marc J. Lane Risk Management, Inc., an insurance agency.

His most recent book, the critically acclaimed Profitable Socially Responsible Investing: An Institutional Investor's Guide, Euromoney Institutional Investor Books, 2005, challenges the way traditional SRI is done and paves the way for investors to actually fulfill the promise of doing well as they do good.

Out of that research he has developed a proprietary approach to principle focused investing, Advocacy Investing^®, which is consistent with the tenets of Modern Portfolio Theory, and also allows investors to own stock portfolios that are highly consistent with their core values and beliefs. Advocacy Investing^® reflects Marc J. Lane Wealth Group's commitment to drive positive social change, to promote transparency and corporate accountability to stakeholders, and to apply business and entrepreneurial principles to the remediation of social problems.

Mr. Lane is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law, where he has taught courses in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial finance and where he currently teaches the Social Enterprise course.

A few of the other titles by Marc J. Lane: Representing Corporate Officers, Directors, Managers, and Trustees, Aspen Publishers, 2004 (supplemented annually), Advising Entrepreneurs: Dynamic Strategies for Financial Growth, John Wiley and Sons, 2001, and Legal Handbook for Nonprofit Organizations, American Management Association, 1981. 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.

"Advocacy Investing", "Promoting Your Own Values", "SRI Open Forum", "Your Profit. Your Passion. Your Power." and "The Next Generation of Socially Responsible Investing" are trademarks of Marc J. Lane Investment Management, Inc. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. "Protecting Today's Wealth. Building Tomorrow's." and the Marc J. Lane Wealth Group logo are trademarks of The Law Offices of Marc J. Lane, a Professional Corporation registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. "Marc J. Lane Wealth Group" is a trademark of The Law Offices of Marc J. Lane, a Professional Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. "Advocacy Avatar" is a trademark of Marc J. Lane Investment Management, Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.