Joshua S. Stratton

Joshua Stratton is a partner of the firm’s Dispute Resolution Team and Eminent Domain practice group, based in Tallahassee. 

Josh exclusively represents private property owners and businesses against condemning authorities such as the Florida Department of Transportation, utility companies, and various cities, towns, and counties throughout Florida.

Prior to exclusively practicing in the field of eminent domain, Josh represented major national and global businesses in the technology and financial sectors. He now represents property owners and businesses of all sizes throughout Florida. His clients have ranged from a nationwide restaurant chain to small businesses and individual home and landowners.

LL.M. in Intellectual Property , Commerce & Technology, Franklin Pierce Law Center
J.D., Rutgers School of Law Camden
B.A. in English and American Literature, Brandeis University

Massachusetts
Florida

Dispute Resolution

Eminent Domain & Condemnation

• Successfully stopped Gulf Power’s attempt to take residential property in Escambia County, compelling the utility to substantially increase its offer and to make other concessions to the owner for the utility project to be carried out.
• Successfully briefed, argued, and won an appeal of an Order of Taking, resulting in the Florida First District Court of Appeal ordering the Florida Department of Transportation to return property the Department had wrongfully taken from its owners.
• Assisted in a jury trial in St. Lucie County against the Florida Department of Transportation over a small taking of approximately 1,000 square feet. Although the Department originally offered the property owner a nominal sum of less than $2,000 for the property, the jury awarded nearly $250,000 to the owner.
• In 2016, the Florida Department of Transportation claimed that certain privately owned property was subject to a state easement that substantially reduced the amount of compensation that was owed. Mr. Stratton helped bring to light new evidence, which established that, according to the state’s own maps, the easement did not affect the property. As a result, the Department was compelled to more than double its offer to the property owner. The sizable, last-minute increase in the Department’s offer was sufficient to cause the case to settle on the eve of trial.

• Member, The Florida Bar
• Member, The Florida Bar's Eminent Domain Committee
• Member, Association of Eminent Domain Professionals

• Nelson Mullins (formerly Nelson Mullins Broad and Cassel, Broad and Cassel)

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September 30, 2021

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September 29, 2021

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