He previously served as a judge in the Jefferson and Crook County Circuit Court from 2019 until 2021, and in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019.

[1] He earned a Juris Doctor degree from Lewis & Clark Law School and clerked for Justice W. Michael Gillette at the Oregon Supreme Court.

After the retirement of Daniel J. Ahern, McLane was appointed by Governor Kate Brown to replace him on the 22nd Circuit Court, which comprises Jefferson and Crook Counties.

[8] McLane defeated rancher Douglas Muck and former soil and water district director Robert Neuman in the primary election.

He previously served as an Oregon Air Guardsman at the 173rd Fighter Wing at Kingsley Field, an F-15 training base in Klamath Falls.