MEET LANG

Lang served for 20 years as a District and Circuit Judge in the 28th Judicial Circuit, covering Baldwin County, Alabama, including the last 2 years as Presiding Judge. When Lang decided to retire from the bench in December 2016, he immediately began his ADR practice.  He currently manages a statewide mediation practice from his hometown of Fairhope, Alabama, mediating hundreds of cases and claims involving the same issues he heard as a judge.  

During his years as a circuit trial judge, Lang presided over thousands of civil cases, including over 200 jury trials and 750 non-jury trials, with some of the more complex civil litigation cases in Alabama's 28th Judicial Circuit. Many of the trials included catastrophic injuries involving products liability, medical malpractice, construction defects, vehicular accidents, municipal liability, condominium and home owners’ associations construction defect claims and commercial and general litigation cases. Since 2017, Lang has mediated hundreds of cases involving the same issues he heard as a judge, with a settlement rate in excess of 75%. In 2021, Lang became a fellow in the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. He is also a member of the Alabama Academy of Attorney Mediators.

During his tenure on the bench, Judge Floyd served as Chair of the Alabama Court Technology Commission, during the initial development and implementation of the Alacourt and Alafile electronic filing systems. In 2015, he was honored for his contributions to the system by being awarded the Alabama State Bar Judicial Award of Merit. This background allows him to comfortably use technology, including video conferencing, in many of his mediations.

Lang serves as a Bar Commissioner, representing Baldwin County, Chair of the State Bar Court Technology Task Force, and a member on the Supreme Court’s Committee on Alabama Rules of Judicial Administration. He served as Co-chair of the State Bar Executive Director Search Committee in 2021. He is a recipient of the State Bar Commissioner’s Award and President’s Award. In addition to mediating cases, Judge Floyd continues to work with the state legislature on behalf of the Circuit Judges Association. In 2020, the Alabama Supreme Court retained Lang to manage the state court system’s $10,000,000 reimbursement budget of covid-19 funds under the federal Cares Act and assist in developing a plan for re-opening the trial court system.

Lang is a graduate of Troy University and Cumberland School of Law. He served 28 years in the Army Reserves as a Judge Advocate General, retiring at the rank of lieutenant colonel. He and Debbie have been married 43 years and have two daughters and two grandchildren. The entire family attends Fairhope United Methodist Church. In the community, Lang and his wife, Debbie, are active with Feeding the Gulf Coast and the Fairhope Arts & Crafts Festival.

Bar and Court Admissions

Alabama 1984

Florida 1986 (not active)

United States District Court Southern District of Alabama

United States District Court Northern District of Florida

United States District Court Middle District of Florida

United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

United States Supreme Court

Education

Alumnus of the National Judicial College (1997)

Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, J.D. (1984)

Troy University, B.S. in Business Administration/Accounting (1978)