W. Mark Lanier

Hailed as a "superstar among plaintiff's lawyers" by the National Law Journal, Mark Lanier is an acclaimed trial lawyer and the founder of the Lanier Law Firm, with offices in New York, Texas and California. Lanier's illustrious reputation has been widely recognized with national accolades and is based on his courtroom battles with powerhouses such as Vioxx and Toyota.

As well as being featured prominently in dozens of newspapers and journals, Lanier is a frequent guest on television news shows such as CNBC's Squawk Box, Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto and Fox Business News' highly rated Varney and Company with Stuart Varney.

Even with his storied career, practicing law is just a day job for Lanier. His lifelong commitment to Christianity and his undergraduate education in biblical languages have nurtured his passion for developing his faith and sharing it with others. In 2010, he founded the Lanier Theological Library, one of the nation's largest private theological collections, which houses over 70,000 books, biblical artifacts, and museum-quality reproductions of ancient documents.

An ordained minister, Lanier teaches a weekly 750-member Sunday school class at Champion Forest Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, and also founded the Christian Trial Lawyers Association, a network of principled attorneys who minister to others through civic-minded endeavors. Above all, Lanier possesses the legal expertise and a passion for justice and truth that the headlines can't begin to capture.