Practice Experience

• Joseph Lang is a member of the firm’s Appellate Practice & Trial Support, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, and Class Action Litigation Practice Groups.
• Mr. Lang has a general practice consisting of work in appellate litigation and trial support. He is Board Certified in Appellate Practice by The Florida Bar.
• He has been involved in over 50 docketed matters in the Florida Supreme Court.
• He has argued in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Florida Supreme Court, and all five Florida District Courts of Appeal.

Professional and Civic Activities

• American Bar Association
  Litigation Section
• The Florida Bar
  Appellate Practice Section
• Florida Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases (2003-present)
  Supreme Court Filing Subcommittee, Chair
  Defamation Subcommittee, Chair
  Hot Topics and Current Cases Subcommittee, Chair
  Reporter (2000-2003)
• American Law Institute
• Florida Appellate Practice, Florida Bar CLE Manual (6th edition 2006)
  Steering Committee Member
• American Judicature Society
• Federal Bar Association
• United States Supreme Court Historical Society
• University of Florida Law Alumni Council
• Lawyers Committee of The Shakespeare Theatre
• Suncoasters of St. Petersburg, Inc.

Professional Recognition

• Board Certified in Appellate Practice by The Florida Bar
• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers 2009
• Selected for inclusion in Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite 2007, 2008, and 2009
• 2008 Recipient of Wm. Reece Smith, Jr. Pro Bono Award

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Florida

COURT ADMISSIONS

• Florida State Courts
• United States Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

Background

• Justice Benjamin F. Overton, Supreme Court of Florida
  Law Clerk (1995-1997)

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 1998)
• University of Florida College of Law (J.D., 1995)
• University of Florida College of Liberal Arts (B.A., 1992)