--- aliases: - Lane and Edson - Lane and Edson, P.C. - Lane & Edson - Lane & Edson, P.C. - Lane & Edson P.C. - Frosh, Lane & Edson category: Private Organization created: 2026-10-08 location: Washington, D.C. relations: - fn: 7 reverse: true role: founding partner; counsel to the Council of State Housing Agencies (1975) start: 1971 type: founded with: '[[Bruce S. Lane]]' - fn: 5 reverse: true role: partner (1973), former chief of the public housing section of the Office of General Counsel, HUD start: 1971 type: founded with: '[[Charles L. Edson]]' - end: 1988-10-08 fn: 11 role: foreign principal, FARA registration 3286; activities on the recovery of stolen archaeological property start: 1981-10-08 type: represented with: '[[Peru|Republic of Peru]]' - fn: 23 reverse: true role: attorney, later partner (1989 directory); named on the firm letterhead in 1983, 1984 and 1985 start: 1983 type: employed_by with: '[[Eugene Propper]]' - end: 1988 fn: 22 reverse: true role: attorney; short-form registrant under FARA registration 3286 start: 1979 type: employed_by with: '[[Frederic J. Truslow]]' - end: 1988 fn: 26 reverse: true role: head of the mergers and acquisitions group; left with about sixteen lawyers for Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood type: employed_by with: '[[Jack Feder]]' summary: Washington law firm first recorded in 1971 as Frosh, Lane & Edson, registered for Peru's antiquities recovery from 1981 to 1988, and partly absorbed by Kelley Drye & Warren in 1989. tags: - Organization - LaneAndEdson - FroshLaneEdson - LawFirm - Washington - PeruAntiquities - ForeignAgents - Housing - CounterTerrorismConsultants - KelleyDrye - ForeignAgentsRegistrationAct updated: 2026-10-08 --- Lane and Edson, P.C., was a Washington law firm first recorded in 1971 as Frosh, Lane & Edson, with a practice in federally assisted housing and real estate finance. It registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act as agent of the [Republic of Peru](/places/peru/) from October 8, 1981 to November 8, 1988. In 1988 a group of its corporate lawyers left for Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood, and in 1989 twenty-four of the remaining attorneys were asked to join Kelley Drye & Warren. Its address at 2300 M Street NW is also the address printed in 1988 for [Counter Terrorism Consultants, Inc.](/organizations/counter-terrorism-consultants-inc/), in which [Eugene Propper](/people/eugene-propper/) of the firm said he was a full partner.[^1][^2] ### Founding and housing practice, 1971 to 1980 A witness identified as a partner of Frosh, Lane & Edson testified before a Senate Banking Committee subcommittee on housing legislation in 1971.[^3] The firm's address that year was 1025 Connecticut Avenue NW.[^4] Charles L. Edson had been chief of the public housing section in the Office of General Counsel of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and deputy chief counsel of the Housing Assistance Administration before he became a partner.[^5] A 1972 guide to low and moderate income housing published by the Bureau of National Affairs lists Edson and Lane among the firm's partners, and the firm's practice in 1972 was in federally assisted housing.[^6] In 1975 Bruce S. Lane appeared before the Senate Finance Committee as legal counsel to the Council of State Housing Agencies.[^7] A 1985 contributor note for Lane of Lane and Edson, P.C., gives a [Harvard Law School](/organizations/harvard-university/) LL.B. of 1955 and a practice in tax, securities and real estate matters.[^8] A 1978 trade article described the firm as specializing in real estate matters, including financing.[^9] The firm's address moved from 1800 M Street NW, in a 1977 directory and in the Attorney General's reports for 1981 to 1983, to 2300 M Street NW in the report for 1984.[^10] ### Republic of Peru, 1981 to 1988 The firm's initial registration statement, filed in October 1981, described services to the Peruvian embassy aimed at legislation that would implement the United Nations Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Stolen Property, implement an executive agreement between Peru and the United States for the recovery and return of stolen archaeological, historical and cultural properties, and otherwise limit the importation into the United States of objects illegally exported from Peru.[^11] The same objectives appear in the annual reports for 1982 through 1986.[^12][^13][^14][^15][^16] The report for 1988 to 1991 describes the registrant's work as general legal services in connection with the recovery of pre-Columbian artifacts and antique art objects illegally exported from Peru, and services to assist the government of Peru in obtaining favorable legislation or administrative regulations on the importation of items from Peru.[^17] The Attorney General's reports record the receipts for each twelve-month period ending October 8: $19,778.00 for 1982, $15,513.00 for 1983, $37,281.71 for 1984 and $23,758.89 for 1985, a total of $96,331.60. The entries for 1981, 1986 and the 1988 to 1991 report record "None Reported" for finances.[^11][^12][^13][^14][^15][^16][^17] Frederic J. Truslow, an attorney with the firm, is quoted in *The International Trade Law Journal* in 1981 as saying that scores of archaeological sites had been stripped to feed between 40,000 and 80,000 pieces a year into the American art market.[^18] In 1982 the *Stolen Art Alert* described him as a Washington lawyer retained as counsel to Peru and reported his comments on Peru's priorities in stopping the flow of antiquities out of the country.[^19] He published "Peru's Recovery of Cultural Patrimony" in the *New York University Journal of International Law and Politics* in 1983.[^20] In 1986 *ARTnews* quoted him as calling preposterous the notion that Peru would file blanket suits against American museums and individuals claiming title to Peruvian antiquities.[^21] The registration of the firm was terminated on November 8, 1988, the same date on which the short-form registrations of Propper and Truslow ended.[^22] ### Partners and lawyers Lane and Edson letterheads printed in congressional hearing records of 1983 list the lawyers Frederic J. Truslow, Kenneth G. Hance Jr., Martin Klepper, Barry R. Schenof, Eugene M. Propper, Jack M. Feder, Daniel C. Smith, Bonnie S. Temple and Frank H. Henneburg.[^23] A letter on the firm's letterhead from Edson to Donna Denman, president of the National Leased Housing Association, dated February 25, 1985, and printed in the record of Senate housing authorization hearings, lists Lane, Edson, Truslow, Hance, Klepper, Robert C. Zimmer, Schenof and Propper, among others.[^24] A 1989 *Anuario Hispano* directory lists Truslow with Lane & Edson at 2300 M Street NW.[^25] A roster of counsel in the record of 1988 hearings lists him with Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood.[^26] The firm's listing in the 1987 Catholic University alumni directory gives 2300 M Street NW.[^27] ### Mergers and publications In 1988 the trade press reported that Jack Feder, who headed the firm's mergers and acquisitions group and had been a lawyer for the Wesray Capital Corporation, was taking sixteen lawyers from the firm's ninety to the Washington office of Dewey, Ballantine.[^26] Bruce Lane, identified as a founding partner, told a 1988 publication that the firm was discussing merger possibilities; the publication reported that six more lawyers left a week after the sixteen to join another firm.[^28] On January 4, 1989 the *Wall Street Journal* reported that twenty-four Lane and Edson attorneys had been asked to join Kelley Drye & Warren, subject to the approval of that firm's partners, according to two members of Kelley Drye's executive committee.[^29] A 1991 *Washingtonian* article states that the firm became part of Kelley Drye & Warren.[^30] The Who's Who in American Law entry of a Washington lawyer gives Lane & Edson, P.C., 1979 to 1989, followed by Kelley Drye & Warren, 1989 to 1993.[^31] The firm's lawyers also contributed to *The Art of M&A*, a 1989 guide written with Stanley F. Reed, to which Propper contributed substantially to the due diligence chapter.[^32] [^1]: U.S. Department of Justice, Foreign Agents Registration Act public bulk files, registrant 3286 (Lane & Edson, P.C., 2300 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037; registered October 8, 1981, terminated November 8, 1988), https://efile.fara.gov/bulk/zip/FARA_All_Registrants.csv.zip. [^2]: *The Police Chief*, vol. 55 (1988), p. 93, membership directory of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, listing Counterterrorism Consultants Inc., 2300 M Street NW; District of Columbia Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection, entity record 058088, registered agent CounterTerrorism Consultants, Inc., 2300 M Street NW, 8th floor, https://boss.dc.gov; "A group of top former FBI agents and federal prosecutors," UPI, August 2, 1988, stating that Propper, "now an attorney with the Washington firm of Lane and Edson, said he is a full partner in CTC but holds no title." [^3]: U.S. Congress, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, hearings on housing and urban development legislation, 1971, testimony headed "Partner, Frosh, Lane & Edson," https://books.google.com/books?id=zzU4AAAAIAAJ. [^4]: "Digest of Seminars," INBEX, 1971, listing "Frosh, Lane & Edson, 1025 Connecticut Ave.," Washington, https://books.google.com/books?id=_UE9AAAAMAAJ. [^5]: Charles L. Edson, "Introduction," in *Dealing with State Housing Agencies: The Emerging Force in Development* (Washington: Bureau of National Affairs, 1973), author note: "Partner, Frosh, Lane & Edson, Washington, D.C. Formerly Chief, Public Housing Section, Office of General Counsel, and Deputy Chief Counsel, Housing Assistance Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development," https://books.google.com/books?id=NB26AAAAIAAJ. [^6]: Bureau of National Affairs, *A Practical Guide to Low- and Moderate-Income Housing* (Washington: Bureau of National Affairs, 1972), partners listed as Frosh, Lane & Edson, https://books.google.com/books?id=_ddDAQAAIAAJ; *AIA Journal*, 1972, describing Frosh, Lane & Edson as "a law firm in the nation's capital with extensive practice in federally assisted housing," https://books.google.com/books?id=-1kqAQAAMAAJ. [^7]: U.S. Congress, Senate Committee on Finance, *Tax Reform (Administration and Public Witnesses)*, hearings, 1975, statement introducing "our organization's legal counsel, Mr. Bruce S. Lane, of the Washington law firm of Lane and Edson," https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOMEQ8jg2VQC. [^8]: *Preservation Law Reporter*, 1985, contributor note for Lane, "Lane and Edson, P.C., Washington, D.C. LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1955. Mr. Lane specializes in tax, securities, real estate matters," https://books.google.com/books?id=3h9DAQAAIAAJ. [^9]: "Lane & Edson specializes in real estate matters, including the financing," *National Journal*, 1978, https://books.google.com/books?id=M6kvAAAAMAAJ. [^10]: *Directory of Law Teachers*, 1977, listing "Lane & Edson, P.C., 1800 M St., Wash., DC 20036," https://books.google.com/books?id=TSg7AQAAIAAJ; U.S. Department of Justice, Report of the Attorney General to the Congress on the Administration of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, calendar year 1983, entry "Lane and Edson, P.C., #3286" (1800 M Street, N.W., Suite 400 South), https://www.justice.gov/media/910081/dl; calendar year 1984, same registrant (2300 M Street, N.W.), https://www.justice.gov/media/910076/dl. [^11]: Report of the Attorney General, calendar year 1981, Peru entry "Lane and Edson, P.C., #3286," quoting the initial registration statement filed in October 1981, "Finances: None Reported," https://www.justice.gov/media/910091/dl. [^12]: Calendar year 1982 report, Peru entry, $19,778.00 for the twelve months ending October 8, 1982, https://www.justice.gov/media/910086/dl. [^13]: Calendar year 1983 report, Peru entry, $15,513.00 for the twelve months ending October 8, 1983, https://www.justice.gov/media/910081/dl. [^14]: Calendar year 1984 report, Peru entry, $37,281.71 for the twelve months ending October 8, 1984, https://www.justice.gov/media/910076/dl. [^15]: Calendar year 1985 report, Peru entry, $23,758.89 for the twelve months ending October 8, 1985, https://www.justice.gov/media/910111/dl. [^16]: Calendar year 1986 report, entry "Lane and Edson, P.C., #3286," "Finances: None Reported," https://www.justice.gov/media/910106/dl. The calendar year 1987 report lists "Lane & Edson, P.C., Peru" in its appendix of registrants, https://www.justice.gov/media/910101/dl. [^17]: Report of the Attorney General for calendar years 1988 to 1991, Peru entry "Lane & Edson, P.C., #3286 (T88)," "Finances: None Reported," https://www.justice.gov/media/910056/dl?inline. [^18]: *The International Trade Law Journal*, 1981, article on the antiquities trade quoting "Frederick J. Truslow of the law firm of Lane & Edson, who represents the Peruvian Government in U.S. courts," https://books.google.com/books?id=rV-ALrT7l3MC. [^19]: *Stolen Art Alert*, 1982, describing Frederick J. Truslow, "a Washington lawyer who has been retained as counsel to Peru," https://books.google.com/books?id=f6zrAAAAMAAJ. [^20]: Frederic J. Truslow, "Peru's Recovery of Cultural Patrimony," 15 N.Y.U. Journal of International Law and Politics 839 (1983), cited in *Tulsa Journal of Comparative & International Law*, 1996, https://books.google.com/books?id=F9JKAQAAIAAJ. [^21]: *ARTnews*, April 1986, article on Peru and the antiquities trade, quoting Truslow, https://books.google.com/books?id=NAROtwXJjVMC. [^22]: U.S. Department of Justice, Foreign Agents Registration Act public bulk files, registrant 3286 and short forms "Propper, Eugene M." and "Truslow, Frederic J." (both terminated November 8, 1988), https://efile.fara.gov/bulk/zip/FARA_All_ShortForms.csv.zip and https://efile.fara.gov/bulk/zip/FARA_All_ForeignPrincipals.csv.zip. [^23]: Letterheads of Lane and Edson, P.C., printed in *Governmental Lease Financing Reform Act* (1983), https://books.google.com/books?id=L63PFff8BXkC, and in *Section 8 Rent Adjustments, Elderly Housing, and Other Assisted Housing Issues* (1984), https://books.google.com/books?id=HQwRxaYIvskC. [^24]: Letter to Donna Denman, President of the National Leased Housing Association, from Charles L. Edson of Lane & Edson, P.C., February 25, 1985, printed in Senate Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs, *Housing, Community Development, and Mass Transportation Authorizations, 1986*, hearings of March 22, 25 and April 15, 1985 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1985), https://books.google.com/books?id=pfCKEE1NeD0C; letterhead also in *Structuring Real Estate Investments in the Mid-eighties* (1985), https://books.google.com/books?id=EEY-AQAAIAAJ. [^25]: *Anuario Hispano*, 1989, listing "Truslow, Lane & Edson, 2300 M St. NW, Wash., DC 20037," https://books.google.com/books?id=SPC6AAAAIAAJ. [^26]: *The Wall Street Journal*, September 28, 1988, digest entry: Jack Feder "is also bringing 16 lawyers with him to Dewey from 90-lawyer Lane & Edson," https://books.google.com/books?id=Q_5aAAAAYAAJ; *Corporate Practice Series*, Bureau of National Affairs, 1988, on Feder, "a key player in friendly takeovers as lawyer for William Simon's Wesray organization," who "recently led a defection of corporate lawyers" from Lane & Edson to the Washington office of Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood, https://books.google.com/books?id=Xb49AQAAIAAJ; roster of counsel in *United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement*, hearings, 1988, listing "Frederick J. Truslow" under Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood, https://books.google.com/books?id=ub0FAAAAIAAJ. [^27]: Catholic University of America, *Alumni Directory*, 1987, listing "Lane & Edson PC, 2300 M St NW, Washington, DC 20037," https://books.google.com/books?id=TtlKAAAAYAAJ. [^28]: *Plant Shutdowns Monitor*, 1988, "Lane & Edson is discussing merger possibilities, says Bruce Lane, founding partner. Sixteen of its 90 lawyers left with Mr. Feder, who headed the firm's mergers-and-acquisitions group. And last week, six more left to join," https://books.google.com/books?id=a9RYAAAAYAAJ. [^29]: *The Wall Street Journal*, January 4, 1989, p. B4, digest entry: "Lane & Edson attorneys have been asked to join Kelley Drye & Warren, subject to the approval of Kelley Drye's partners, according to two Kelley Drye executive committee members"; a later digest line reads "Twenty-four Lane & Edson attorneys have been asked to join," https://books.google.com/books?id=pv5aAAAAYAAJ. [^30]: *The Washingtonian*, 1991, article on Washington firm mergers: "Lane & Edson became part of New York's Kelley Drye & Warren," https://books.google.com/books?id=tvVNAQAAIAAJ. [^31]: *Who's Who in American Law*, 2007, entry giving "Lane & Edson, P.C., Washington, 1979-89, Kelley Drye & Warren, Washington, 1989-93, Nixon Peabody LLP, Washington, 1993-," https://books.google.com/books?id=Ido6AQAAIAAJ. [^32]: Stanley F. Reed and Lane & Edson, P.C., *The Art of M&A* (1989), as cited in *Business Information Sources* (1993), https://books.google.com/books?id=ps7UaqHktLkC, and the 2009 edition of *The Art of M&A*, note stating that Propper "contributed substantially to the due diligence chapter in the original (1989) edition," https://books.google.com/books?id=02XSV9j541EC. --- *The Info Web has an MCP server for agents at https://theinfoweb.org/mcp (streamable HTTP, no auth): search by meaning, exact text, source or date, and follow typed, footnoted connections. Setup and the same tools over GET: https://theinfoweb.org/llms.txt*