Prior to joining the firm, Trane completed clerkships for the Honorable R. Patrick DeWine of the Supreme Court of Ohio and the Honorable J. Philip Calabrese of the Northern District of Ohio. In law school, Trane was an extern to the Honorable John K. Bush of the Sixth Circuit and in the Office of the Solicitor General of Ohio. Trane also co-teaches an upper-level writing seminar, "Appellate Practice and Procedure", as adjunct faculty at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.