Resume of Joe Esposito
Joseph P. Esposito
Complex civil litigation practice.
Trial experience includes: a jury trial in the Eastern District of Virginia “Rocket Docket” between competitors in the student loan industry; a patent infringement jury trial in New Jersey concerning memory chips, which was named to the National Law Journal’s 2007 Defense Hot List; a customs fraud jury trial in the Court of International Trade concerning rebates for imported surgical instruments; an antitrust suit in Iowa involving high fructose corn syrup; a corporate tax case in the U.S. Tax Court regarding depreciation of equipment in the steel industry; an employment discrimination jury trial in the Southern District of New York; a partnership fraud and accounting trial in Roanoke, Virginia; and a breach of fiduciary duty/legal malpractice trial in Fairfax, Virginia.
Hunton Andrews Kurth, LLP, Washington, DC
Partner 2008 – March 2019
- Coordinator of Firmwide
Litigation Skills Training Program - Co-chair,
Washington Office Pro Bono Committee
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Washington, DC
Partner 1992 - 2008
Counsel 1990 - 1991
Heron Burchette Ruckert & Rothwell, Washington, DC
Partner 1989 - 1990
Associate 1987 - 1988
Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, DC
Associate 1982 - 1987
Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York, New York
Associate 1980 - 1982
Law Clerk to the Honorable Paul C. Weick
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1979 - 1980
Law Clerk to the Honorable Phil M. McNagny, Jr.
United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
1978-1979
New York University School of Law J.D. 1978
- Annual Survey of American Law
State University of New York at Buffalo B.A. Magna Cum Laude 1975
- Phi Beta Kappa
- City Editor of The Spectrum
American Bar Association, Section of Dispute Resolution
- Member, Committee on Committee Development and Oversight
- Former co-chair of Mediation Committee
- Former co-chair of Client Representation Committee
American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
- Former Co-chair, Membership Subcommittee of Corporate Counsel Committee
- Former Associate Editor, Litigation News
- Former Co-chair, Antitrust Litigation Committee
- Former Co-chair, Patent Subcommittee of Intellectual Property Litigation Committee
- Former Member, Federal Practice Task Force
Former Vice Chair for Publications, ADR Committee, International Association of Defense Counsel
- Adjunct Professor, George Mason University School of Law, Course on Pretrial Practice
- Faculty, National Institute of Trial Advocacy at Georgetown University
- Instructor, Mediation Training, Phoenix Dispute Solutions
- Presentation on the Six W’s of Mediation, Employment Law Committee, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, June 2023
- Presentation on Learning to Litigate: How to Train Your Litigator, Practicing Law Institute, January 2023.
- Presentation on Mediation Career Opportunities: What Law Students Should Know, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, November 2022.
- Presentation on Want to Put the Spark Back into Client Relationships? Effective Mediation Skills Will Do It, ABA Section of Litigation, September 2022.
- Presentation on Effective Mediation for Your Clients – Practical Insights for Every Stage of Mediation, Practicing Law Institute, June 2022.
- Presentation on Best Practices for Using Mediation Effectively for Your Client, District of Columbia Bar, May 2022.
- Presentation on What Mediators and Counsel (Really) Want From Each Other, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, November 2021
- Presentations on Career Opportunities for Mediators, For Mediation Week, October 2021.
- Presentation on the Development of Mediation in the U.S., April 2021
- Presentation on Strategic Agility in Mediation, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Annual Meeting, April 2021
- Presentation on Secrets to a Successful Mediation, Association of Corporate Counsel-National Capital Region, January 2019
- Presentations on Civil Jury Trials, Institute for U.S. Law
- Presentation on Mock Jury Trials, September 2018
- Presentation on the In-House Counsel Perspective on Mediation, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Annual Meeting, April 2018
- Presentation on Special Masters, D.C. Bar, March 2018
- Presentation on Effective Mediation Advocacy, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Annual Meeting, April 2017
- Presentation on Tuition Clawbacks in Bankruptcy before the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), New York Chapter, February, 2014
- Presentation on Ethical Issues Involving Expert Witnesses, 2013 Spring Meeting of ABA TIPS Section
- Presentation on Student Loan Litigation, American Conference Institute, February, 2013
- Presentation on Corporate Pro Bono, ABA Section of Litigation Corporate Counsel Committee CLE, February, 2012
- Presentation on Making Your Next Mediation a Client Relations Success, D.C. Bar
- Various presentations before Association of Corporate Counsel -- National Capital Region on topics including expert witnesses, litigation management, defense of major cases in Eastern District of Virginia Rocket Docket, the False Claims Act and When Litigation Darkens The Door to the C-Suite
- Several presentations before Legal Affairs Committee of National Council of Higher Education Loan Resources on such topics as legal ethics, electronic discovery, and student loan litigation issues
- Numerous presentations at Washington and Baltimore area law schools on the topic of practicing litigation in-house
- Author, Make Mediations More Effective for Your Clients: A Mediator’s Perspective, PLI Chronicle, June 2022.
- Co-author, “Protecting Against Unauthorized Participation and Recording,” Just Resolutions, December 2021.
- Author, “Practical Advice for Virtual Mediation,” Litigation Journal, Fall 2021
- Author, “Student Loan Litigation,” The Review of Banking & Financial Services, March 2013, Vol. 29, No. 3 at p. 31.
- Co-author, “The Seventh Amendment Right to a Jury Trial in Customs Penalty Cases,” 10 Federal Circuit Bar Journal 457, 2001
- Author, “Peer Review Privilege,” Evidence in America, 1988
- Author, “Due Process,” The Commissioners’ Legal Handbook: An Introduction to Legal Topics for Housing and Redevelopment Officials, 1986
- Author, “First Amendment Rights,” 1978 Annual Survey of American Law 135
- Chambers USA 2019 - Band 2 for General Litigation (District of Columbia) (until his retirement from private practice)
- Chambers USA 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 - Band 3 for General Litigation (District of Columbia)
- Chambers 2019: “a very skilled and talented litigator.”
- Chambers 2018: “great judgment” – “always brings great experience to bear.”
- Chambers 2017: “very thorough and effective litigator.”
- Chambers 2015: “he is a ‘winner and is very personable.’”
- Chambers 2014: “Lauded by clients for being ‘extremely attentive, approachable and thorough.’”
- Chambers 2013: “hard-working, insightful, organized and very good at executing a strategy.”
- Chambers 2012: “consistently provides practical and workable advice where there is a risk of litigation and resolves disputes quickly and efficiently when it is possible to do so.”
- Chambers 2011: “very responsive, innovative, and tactical in his strategy.”
- Chambers 2010: “meticulous in meeting client expectations.”
- Super Lawyers, Washington, DC, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018
- BTI Consulting Client Service All-Star Team 2004 (one of 90 lawyers nationwide selected by Fortune 1000 General Counsel for providing superior client service)
- AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell.
- Admitted to practice in New York (1979) and the District of Columbia (1983)
- Admitted before the U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eleventh, DC and Federal Circuits; and the U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia, District of Maryland, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, and the Southern District of Texas
- Serves on Volunteer Mediation Panels 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
- Completed Mediation Training at Center for Dispute Resolution (November, 2013) and American Arbitration Association (May 2019)
- Former Member, Board of Directors, Student Press Law Center
- Member Emeritus, Dean’s Advisory Council of the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences
- Distinguished Alumni Award, College of Arts and Sciences, University at Buffalo, 2012
- Former Member, Board of Directors, Montgomery County, Maryland, Chamber of Commerce
- Volunteer, Animal Welfare League of Montgomery County and Manna Food Bank