Recent News

Langdale Vallotton is pleased to announce that partner, Pope Langdale and associate, Jimmy Miller obtained a $760,000.00 verdict on behalf of the family of Dominic Barros, who disappeared with 3 others while fishing off Keaton Beach in November, 2003.  Many local citizens will remember this tragic event that occurred when 4 friends left to go fishing from Keaton Beach Marina in November, 2003, never returned, and their boat was found capsized approximately 5 days later 51 miles out into the Gulf of Mexico.  Although the local authorities and the U.S. Coast Guard searched for days, no bodies were ever found.  Langdale Vallotton filed suit against the captain and owner of the boat who was also lost at sea under the theory that the captain was negligent in taking his boat out into sea conditions which were predicted to build later in the day, and which we claimed were unsafe, and which caused the boat to capsize leading ultimately to the death of all of the occupants.  After a one week trial in Lowndes County State Court, a Lowndes County jury agreed with us and found the captain liable under the Death on the High Seas Act and awarded the family pecuniary losses that they had suffered as a result of the loss of Dominic Barros, a husband and father of two.  This is one of the largest verdicts rendered in Lowndes County State Court.

Langdale Vallotton attorneys closed a total of 323 real estate transactions in the first half of 2013, the most since 2007.  We view this as a positive sign for the local real estate market and for our community.

Bill Nijem was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Law Alumni Council for the University of Florida, Levin College of Law.  The Council, founded in 1983, and the Law Center Association, Inc. Board of Trustees, founded in 1960, are the primary support and advisory boards for the University of Florida’s College of Law.  Both assist with raising private funds to cover expenses not met through state support, tuition or endowment income.

William P. (Pope) Langdale, III made a presentation to the members of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA) at its Annual Legal Educational Seminar on May 17, 2013.  The topic of his presentation was the admissibility of medical records in civil trials under Georgia’s New Evidence Code, which took effect January 1, 2013.
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William P. (Pope) Langdale, III, was elected Secretary of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA).  Pope previously served last year as Treasurer of GTLA.  GTLA is the largest trial lawyer organization in the State of Georgia, dedicated to protecting the constitutional promise of justice for all by guaranteeing the right to trial by jury, preserving an independent judiciary, and providing access to the Courts for all Georgians.
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William P. (Pope) Langdale, III, along with partner Daniel Schert, and associates Jimmy Miller and Jessica Young recently resolved a complicated business breach of contract/business fraud case.  While the names of the parties and the exact amount are confidential, the amount was in the multiple seven figures, and the settlement was achieved as a result of over two years’ of litigation involving tens of thousands of documents.