JOEY LANGSTON HAS CARVED OUT A FORMIDABLE REPUTATION in decades of high-profile cases, including the largest single victim wrongful death settlement in Mississippi history. Born in 1957, Joey Langston graduated from Millsaps College in Jackson and earned his J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1983. He began practicing with Langston & Lott in the same year and assumed leadership after the death of his father, founder Joe Ray Langston, in 1986. Langston began his practice specializing in criminal defense, wrongful death and personal injury cases. Under his guidance, the firm has expanded into new areas of expertise including product liability, consumer fraud, mass tort and class actions. He is past president of the Prentiss County Bar, an active lifetime member of the Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association and a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association. Joey Langston holds a Martindale-Hubbell® “AV” Rating, indicating “very high to pre- eminent” legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar. He is admitted to practice in Mississippi and The District of Columbia. He also is a frequent speaker at legal symposiums around the country. Joey and his wife, Tracie, have three sons.