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.

Representative Matters

• Testa v. Southern Escrow and Title, LLC, et al., 2010 WL 1445182 (Fla. 1st DCA Apr. 13, 2010). Title insurance policy issues.
• Coventry First LLC v. Office of Insurance Regulation, 2010 WL 478289 (Fla. 1st DCA Feb. 12, 2010). Retroactive application of statutes. Mootness.
• Ford Motor Co. v. Hall-Edwards, 5 So. 3d 786 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009). Pleading punitive damages.
• Brisson v. Ford Motor Co., 2009 WL 3326264 (11th Cir. Oct. 16, 2009). Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act express and implied warranty claims.
• In re: James Hoving, Case No. 09-0103 (6th Cir. July 29, 2009) (Order). Opposing Rule 23(f) petition.
• Lake v. Tenneco, Inc., 319 Fed. Appx. 769 (11th Cir. Feb. 17, 2009). Products liability, duty to warn, open and obvious dangers.
• Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company v. Higgins, 975 So. 2d 1169 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008). Certiorari, pre-class certification discovery.
• Behrman v. Allstate Life Insurance Company, 178 Fed. Appx. 862 (11th Cir. March 9, 2006). Economic loss rule, negligent hiring, negligent training, negligent misrepresentation, fraud and omissions.
• Transamerica Leasing, Inc. v. Institute of London Underwriters, 430 F.3d 1326 (11th Cir. 2005).  English law and practice, law of the case, mandate rule, and judicial estoppel issues.
• Bragg v. Bill Heard Chevrolet, Inc.-Plant City, 374 F.3d 1060 (11th Cir. 2004). TILA and retail installment sales contract issues.

Representative Pro Bono Matters

• Kelley v. State; Kelley v. McNeil, 3 So. 3d 970 (Fla. 2009).
• State of Florida v. Erick Richardson, 915 So. 2d 86 (Fla. 2005).  Habitual felony offender sentencing issues.
• Colwell v. Head, case No. 2001-V-847 (Ga. Butts County Sup. Ct. 2001).  Capital post-conviction relief.
• Jones v. State, 740 So. 2d 520 (Fla. 1999).  Capital post-conviction relief; competency to stand trial.

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

Publications

• Contributing Author, “Circuit Variations,” Chapter 17, A Practitioner's Guide To Appellate Advocacy (ABA Section of Litigation) (2010).

• Co-Author with Laura Whitmore, “Help Thyself with a Cross-Appeal; the Courts May Not Sally Forth to Help You,” ABA's Criminal Litigation Newsletter, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Fall 2008); reprinted for ABA's Appellate Practice Journal, Vol. 29, No. 1, at page 4 (Fall 2009).

• Co-Author with Sylvia H. Walbolt, “Original Proceedings, Writ Large,” The Florida Bar Journal, Vol. 83, No. 9, at page 38 (October 2009).
• Co-Author with Sylvia H. Walbolt, “Off The Record,” The Florida Bar Journal, Vol. 81, No. 10 (November 2007).
• Co-Author with Wendy F. Lumish & Jeffrey A. Cohen, “A Lot Of No Evidence Is Still No Evidence,” For the Defense, at 54 (December 2006).
• Co-Author with Christopher J. Kaiser, “Amicus Briefs, Florida Appellate Practice,” The Florida Bar CLE Manual, Sixth Edition (2006).
• Co-Author with Sylvia H. Walbolt, “Amicus Briefs: Friend or Foe of Florida Courts?” 32 Stetson Law Review 269 (2003).
• Co-Author with Sylvia H. Walbolt, “Amicus Briefs Revisited,” 33 Stetson Law Review 171 (2003).
• Author, “Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: The Cross Creek Case,” ABA Litigation Magazine (Summer 2001).

Speaking Engagements

• Speaker, "Anatomy of An Appeal: Persuasion," American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, Spring Conference (May 2009).
• Speaker, "Punitive Damages in Florida," Lorman Education Services, Miami, Florida (December 2004).

Professional Recognition

• Board Certified in Appellate Practice by The Florida Bar
• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers 2009 and 2010
• Selected for inclusion in Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite 2007-2010
• 2008 Recipient of Wm. Reece Smith, Jr. Pro Bono Award

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 and 7th editions) 
  Steering Committee Member
• American Judicature Society
• Federal Bar Association
• United States Supreme Court Historical Society
• University of Florida Law Alumni Council
• Suncoasters of St. Petersburg, Inc.

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)