Practice Areas
- Employment Litigation
- Government, Internal Investigations & Criminal Defense
- Litigation
- Securities, Corporate Governance & Sarbanes-Oxley
Education
- B.A., University of North Carolina, 1995
- J.D., University of North Carolina, 2000
- Order of the Coif
- North Carolina Law Review, Staff
Bar & Court Admissions
- North Carolina, 2008
- United States District Court, District of Connecticut, 2002
- Connecticut, 2002
- Western District of North Carolina, 2008
- Middle District of North Carolina, 2009
Other Areas of Law
- Civil Rights
Joshua D. Lanning
Securities, Corporate Governance & Sarbanes-Oxley Practice
Josh Lanning is experienced in litigating a variety of employment related claims based on statutes, contract and common law, including wrongful termination and breach of contract claims, unfair competition claims, breach of non-compete, non-solicit and confidentiality agreements, unemployment compensation matters, wage and hour cases, and workers compensation claims.
Of Note
- Named a Chancellor’s Scholar to the University of North Carolina Law School, a full-tuition scholarship awarded for demonstrated leadership, analytical and academic skills.
- Named Rookie of the Year by the Connecticut Law Tribune as part of its New Leaders in the Law awards ceremony.
- Served as a Henry Luce Foundation scholar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia assisting the Malaysian Bar Foundation in implementing its new Domestic Violence Act and in developing its new section on international mediation and arbitration.
- Served as a member of the North Carolina Law review.
- Order of the Coif.
- BA UNC Chapel Hill – Highest Honors and Distinction.
Professional Affiliations
- Connecticut Bar Association
- North Carolina Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- American Association for Justice