McLane worked as a law clerk at the U.S. Attorney's office and has assisted with prosecutions in
Multnomah County Circuit Court, as well as federal court. He worked at the law firms
Stoel Rives and
Miller Nash, before co-founding Lynch, Conger McLane in 2016. McLane also has experience serving as a circuit judge pro tem in
Deschutes County, Oregon. McLane co-founded a publishing company that produced the Flying Rhino children's book series, which led to the
Flying Rhino Junior High Saturday morning cartoon series.
Oregon House of Representatives McLane was elected to the Oregon House in
2010 and was re-elected in
2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. He resigned his seat on the legislature on July 1, 2021. In 2021 McLane resigned from the court and returned to private practice.
Oregon State Senate In November 2023, McLane announced his candidacy for the
Oregon State Senate in
district 30 for the
2024 election. Incumbent Senator
Lynn Findley was rendered ineligible to run for re-election due to his participation in the
2023 Oregon Senate walkout and the passage of
Measure 113, which denied eligibility to run for re-election to any state legislator with 10 or more unexcused absences in a legislative session. McLane defeated rancher Douglas Muck and former soil and water district director Robert Neuman in the primary election. He ran unopposed in the general election and was officially declared the winner after the November general election. In the 2025 session, McLane was appointed vice-chair of the Finance and Revenue Committee and co-vice chair of the Joint Committee on Tax Expenditures. He was also appointed to the Judiciary Committee and the Joint Committees on Legislative Counsel, Ways and Means, and the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Capital Construction. ==Military career==