Mediation Services for Dispute Resolution
Esposito Mediation, LLC is devoted to providing mediation services to help resolve disputes in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and beyond.
Joe Esposito’s mediation experience ranges from complicated patent and licensing disputes and government contract matters, to pregnancy discrimination and breach of contract cases.
Joe’s experience also includes mediation of matters involving defamation, commercial real estate, the False Claims Act, pension fund contributions, the Family and Medical Leave Act, construction and subsidence, bailment, qui tam whistleblowers, the D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act, government takings, the D.C. anti-SLAPP statute, zoning, executive employment agreements, the Foreign Agents Registration Act, foreclosure, sex discrimination, retaliation, the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, and a dispute between senior officials of an organization.
In addition to his private practice, Joe serves as a volunteer mediator for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Joe was elected to the American Law Institute in 2013. He has served as an adjunct professor of law at the George Mason University School of Law, and as a member of the faculty of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He was ranked by Chambers USA each year from 2010 to 2019: Chambers USA 2019 ranked Joe in Band 2 for General Litigation (District of Columbia) (until his retirement from private practice); he was ranked in Band 3 from 2010 through 2018.
Joe previously co-chaired both the Mediation and Client Representation Committees of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution. He has participated in presentations about mediation before the ABA Dispute Resolution and Litigation Sections, Practicing Law Institute, the D.C. Bar, the Association of Corporate Counsel – National Capital Region, and law firms. He has served as an instructor for the Phoenix Dispute Solutions online mediation training course.
Prior to forming Esposito Mediation, LLC, Joe practiced civil litigation for over 38 years. Following federal trial and appellate judicial clerkships, he practiced on Wall Street before moving to Washington in 1982. He was a partner at Akin Gump and Hunton Andrews Kurth. His trial experience included patent, tortious interference, employment discrimination, breach of fiduciary duty, antitrust, breach of contract, customs fraud, federal corporate tax, legal malpractice, and partnership fraud and accounting cases. He also litigated in a wide variety of other areas, including the False Claims Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, defamation, federal securities law, toxic tort, construction and subsidence, anti-SLAPP, state tax, borrower class actions, lender liability, derivative actions, the Lanham Act, breach of warranty, bankruptcy adversary proceedings, and public accommodations cases.
Joe brings to his mediation practice traits that served his clients well when he was litigating: persistence, patience, tenacity, a willingness and ability to listen and hear both what is said and what is unsaid, empathy, and thorough preparation.
Further, because of the breadth and variety of his litigation practice, Joe, of necessity, developed an ability to assess expeditiously the strengths and weaknesses of cases, which proves useful in his mediation practice. And he has considerable experience in speaking candidly about case strengths and weaknesses, which in appropriate circumstances can be an effective tool in mediation.
Joe believes that, unless your client enjoys being deposed, relishes producing documents, loves to wait months or years for court dates and rulings, and gleefully pays legal fees, it is worthwhile to consider mediation as the means to resolve their disputes. The modest investment of time and money that mediation involves, pales in comparison to the costs, financial and otherwise, and the inconvenience incurred by a client who proceeds with litigation.
Esposito Mediation, LLC welcomes the opportunity to assist you in resolving disputes, whether before or during litigation. Joe will be happy to speak with you and/or your adversary prior to engaging Esposito Mediation to discuss experience, approach, and any concerns or questions you may have, as well as providing references from counsel in prior mediations.