01 / Biography
Built around workers.
Josh Sanford is a Bulldog Law employment litigator with a particular focus on wage-and-hour law. His work includes cases under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Equal Pay Act.
Josh founded Sanford Law Firm in 2001, only months after becoming a lawyer, and grew it into a national wage-and-hour practice. His official EKSM profile describes a career trying cases before judges and juries around the country.
He has also built legal and technology ventures around access, referrals, and litigation. Josh co-founded legal software company Lexamica in 2022, launched Eagle Team with Devin Stone in 2023, and co-founded EKSM in 2024, broadening his experience across employment, consumer class action, data breach, and catastrophic injury matters.
02 / Practice
Where the work is focused.
- Employment litigation
- Wage and hour claims
- Fair Labor Standards Act
- Consumer class actions
- Data breach litigation
- Catastrophic injury
03 / Career
A record of building and trying cases.
2001
Founded Sanford Law Firm
Started his first firm only months into practice and developed it into a national wage-and-hour litigation operation.
Trial work
Cases across the country
Has tried employment and other civil cases before judges and juries around the United States.
2022-2023
Built new legal infrastructure
Co-founded legal software company Lexamica in 2022 and launched Eagle Team with Devin Stone in 2023.
2024
Co-founded EKSM
Helped establish Ellzey, Kherkher, Sanford & Montgomery LLP, adding experience across employment and complex plaintiff-side litigation matters before joining Bulldog Law.
04 / Education
Education.
- University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Law, J.D., 2001
- Wheaton College, B.A. in English, cum laude, 1996
05 / Admissions
Courts and jurisdictions.
State courts
- Arkansas Supreme Court, 2001
- Texas Supreme Court, 2011
- Colorado Supreme Court, 2012
Appellate and national courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2010
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2013
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2016
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2019
Federal district courts
- Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
- District of Colorado
- Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan
- Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas
- District of North Dakota
- Central and Southern Districts of Illinois
- District of New Mexico
- District of Wisconsin
- District of Ohio
06 / Credentials
Leadership.
- Founder, Sanford Law Firm
- Co-founder, EKSM
- Co-founder, Eagle Team
- Co-founder, Lexamica
- Former President, Pope County Bar Association
07 / Credentials
Professional associations.
- American Bar Association
- Arkansas Bar Association
- Pope County Bar Association
- Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association
- National Employment Lawyers Association
08 / Credentials
Recognition.
- Best Attorney, readers' poll published by The Courier in Russellville, Arkansas (tie), as reported by Sanford Law Firm
- Eligible to practice in Texas, State Bar of Texas
