Collis Gundy Lane began the practice of law in 1929, developing a national reputation for his trial skills and eventually serving as President of the Columbus Bar Association in 1955. Jack R. Alton then joined Gundy Lane and Richard Huggard to form the firm of Lane, Huggard & Alton in 1956. Jack Alton, too, gained respect as a renowned trial lawyer and also served as President of the Columbus Bar Association in 1969.

In 1972, attorneys John M. Caren and Theodore L. Horst, well-known Columbus tax and real estate lawyers, joined the firm as additional name partners and the law firm briefly became known as Caren, Lane, Huggard, Alton & Horst. When Mr. Caren and Mr. Huggard retired in 1979, the law firm took its present name of Lane, Alton & Horst.

The law firm’s general partnership was converted to an Ohio limited liability company in 2000. In 2007, the firm moved to its present downtown Columbus offices in the Miranova Two Corporate Tower.