Joseph P Klock Jr, Joe Klock Jr, Joseph Klock Jr

About Joseph

Joseph P. Klock, Jr. currently serves as Partner at the law firm of Rasco, Klock Perez & Nieto, a position he has maintained for more than a decade. His years of experience means he is well-versed when it comes to working in a courtroom or a boardroom. Joseph has worked on numerous complex cases while keeping his focus on providing clients an all-encompassing, effectual level of service and a pro bono custom.

Experience

For 32 days following the presidential election in 2000, he headed a team of 20 lawyers who represented then-Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris in the various Bush-Gore election challenges. He personally argued multiple appeals and trial court proceedings in Florida appellate courts, an en banc appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; and two successful appeals within eight days to the United States Supreme Court.

Following the 2000 election, he headed the teams that defended Florida election laws during 2001-2003 in state and federal courts. He has since handled litigation for candidates in contested state and local elections.

He was lead counsel with a team of 27 lawyers in the representation of a major health insurer in a $2 billion-plus federal False Claims Act litigation regarding alleged Medicare overpayments in the trial courts and then successfully settled the matter while it was pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on highly favorable terms.

He has served and continues to serve as general counsel and chief legal officer of a major international sugar farming, manufacturing and distribution holding company, with extensive operations in the U.S., Canada, Europe, The Caribbean, and Mexico, including hotel and resort operations in the Caribbean.

Attorney at Law

About Joseph

Experience