Lance Oliver represents unions and other institutional investors in securities fraud class action litigation. His practice focuses on securities class action settlements, securities fraud appeals and general litigation. Lance utilizes his background in commercial litigation to analyze legal issues related to corporate governance and complex financial instruments, such as collateralized-debt-obligations and credit-default swaps. Lance also represents consumers in class action litigation.

Prior to joining Motley Rice, Lance was an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of a national law firm where he worked on complex litigation at both the trial and appellate levels, including cases involving insurance coverage matters and the Freedom of Information Act.

As a law student, Lance was a semi-finalist in Duke University’s first year moot court competition and later served as co-chair of the Duke Law Moot Court Board from 2003-2004. After graduation, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable James Hughes Hancock of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. He is a member of the American Bar Association.