General Biography 
Lanny is the managing shareholder of Turner Padget.  He is located in the Columbia office and directs the firm’s business transactions practice.  He advises lenders, developers, investors, buyers and sellers with regard to financing, leasing, land development, construction, zoning and regulatory matters, real estate title insurance, and all aspects of structuring commercial loans and business transactions. He also focuses on the formation of business entities, business mergers and acquisitions and business counseling.  Lanny joined the firm in 1986, after serving as in-house counsel with a real estate development and mortgage banking company.  Lanny is a former law clerk to the late South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Dan F. Laney, Jr.

Lanny has more than twenty years experience in lender counsel representation in complex real estate and asset-based financing and in all aspects of commercial real estate development, leasing and financing.  His experience also includes more than 15 years of handling claims for a national title insurance company.

Bar Admissions 
South Carolina Bar
U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Education 
Duke University, A.B., cum laude, 1978
University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1981 [Phi Delta Phi, president (1980 - 1981); Moot Court Bar; Legal Writing Instructor (1980-1981)]; Chief Judge, University of South Carolina Campus Court (1980-1981); University of South Carolina Law School Honor Council (1979-1981)

Professional/Civic Affiliations 
South Carolina Bar:  Immediate Past President (2008-2009) President (2007-2008), President-Elect (2006-2007), Treasurer (2005-2006), Secretary (2004-2005), Chairman, House of Delegates (2002-2004), Board of Governors (1989-1990, 1997-2000 and 2002 - present), Nominating Committee Chair, 2008; Member, 1993-1996); Young Lawyers Division, President (1988-1989); Secretary, 1986-1987; Treasurer, 1985-1986

Southeastern Advisory Board of the Managing Partners Forum; Richland County Bar Association; American Bar Association, (National Conference of Bar Presidents, Member, Diversity Committee, 2007-2008);(Young Lawyers Division, Executive Council, 1990-1992); National Conference of Bar Presidents; Southern Conference of Bar Presidents; South Carolina Bar Foundation, Board of Directors, 2004-2008

Community Activities:

Leadership Columbia (1986); past president of Leadership Columbia Alumni Association;
Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce (Board of Directors 1996-2000; Executive Committee, 1998-1999); Brennen Elementary School PTO, Board President; Session (Clerk 2005-2007) and Board of Deacons, First Presbyterian Church of Columbia, SC; Duke University Alumni Admissions Committee, 1982-2007; American Mock Trial Association, South Atlantic Mock Trial Tournament, Furman University, Judge, 2008; Outstanding Young Men of America, 1980

Speeches/Presentations/Awards 
University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Association Compleat Lawyer Award, 1992

Roundtable Discussion Leader, International Council of Shopping Centers Law Conference, 2005

Distinguished Alumnus Award, Leadership Columbia, 2007