Charlotte Lane | |
Office: | Chair of the West Virginia Public Service Commission |
Term Start: | July 1, 2019 |
Governor: | Jim Justice |
Office1: | Member of the United States International Trade Commission |
Appointed1: | George W. Bush |
Term Start1: | 2003 |
Term End1: | 2011 |
Successor1: | David S. Johanson |
State Delegate2: | West Virginia |
District2: | 35th |
Term Start2: | 2016 |
Term End2: | 2019 |
Term Start3: | 1991 |
Term End3: | 1993 |
Birth Date: | 12 August 1947 |
Party: | Republican |
Education: | Marshall University (AB) West Virginia University (JD) |
Charlotte R. Lane (born August 12, 1947) is an American attorney and politician from the state of West Virginia. She is a member of the Republican Party.
Lane is a native of Pleasants County, West Virginia. She moved to Charleston, West Virginia, in 1973.[1] Lane earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and journalism from Marshall University and a Juris Doctor from the West Virginia University College of Law.[2]
Charlotte Lane served in the West Virginia House of Delegates throughout the 1990s and was later appointed as chair the West Virginia Public Service Commission. In 1987, she served as the United States attorney on an interim basis. In 2004, President George W. Bush appointed Lane to the United States International Trade Commission.[3]
Lane ran for in the 2014 elections, but lost the Republican primary election to Alex Mooney.[4]
Lane was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1981.[5]