Joe Esposito

Chambers-ranked Mediator at Esposito Mediation LLC

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

About

Experience

  • Mediator at Esposito Mediation LLC
    Apr 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 4 mos

    Joe Esposito's mediation experience ranges from complicated patent and licensing disputes and government contract matters, to pregnancy discrimination, real estate, defamation, and breach of contract cases. Joe Esposito has served as a volunteer mediator for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. He previously served as Co-Chair of the Client Representation Committee of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, and as Co-Chair of the Section's Mediation Committee. Ranked by Chambers USA for General Litigation (District of Columbia) from 2010 through 2019 -- in 2019, named to Band 2 (until retirement from private practice) and Band 3 2010-2018. Elected to American Law Institute in 2013. Serves on the American Arbitration Association Mediation Roster. Esposito Mediation may be contacted at [email protected] or 202-573-2195, or via EspositoMediation.com.

  • Adjunct Professor Of Law at George Mason University School of Law
    Aug 2015 - Dec 2022 · 7 yrs 5 mos

  • Litigation Partner at Hunton & Williams LLP
    Aug 2008 - Mar 2019 · 10 yrs 8 mos

    Skilled litigator with decades of experience representing clients in complex matters. 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; and a corporate tax case in the US Tax Court regarding depreciation of equipment in the steel industry. Joe’s experience also includes 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.

  • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (18 yrs 7 mos)
    • Partner
      Jan 1992 - Jul 2008 · 16 yrs 7 mos

    • Counsel
      Jan 1990 - Dec 1991 · 2 yrs

  • Heron Burchette Ruckert & Rothwell (Washington DC-Baltimore Area)
    • Partner
      Jan 1989 - Jan 1990 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Associate
      Mar 1987 - Dec 1988 · 1 yr 10 mos