Corporate Officers
Municode is fortunate to have an experienced group of corporate officers who buy into the vision for the company's future. Their diverse backgrounds help make Municode a stable, successful, and ethical company for both its employees and customers.
A. Lawton Langford
Lawton Langford is President and CEO of Municipal Code Corporation (Municode). Municode is the nation’s leading codifier of local government ordinances, and serves more than 3,500 cities and counties in 50 states. The company is considered a leader in publishing (electronic and hard copy) looseleaf documents. Mr. Langford also serves as Managing Director of MCCi, LLC, a subsidiary of Municode that offers document and agenda management technology to its local government client base.
Other business interests of Mr. Langford’s are Premier Bank, which he helped to organize in 1994 and serves as Chairman; and Avocare, which is a medical technology company that has invented an automated dispenser of prescription medications and written Health Information Exchange software. Mr. Langford serves as Avocare’s Chairman.
Mr. Langford’s civic involvement has included serving as Chairman of the Young Presidents Organization, Maclay School Board of Trustees, Tallahassee Community College Board of Trustees, the Seminole Boosters, Inc and the United Way campaign for eight counties; and as director for Tall Timbers Research Station, the Community Foundation of North Florida, the School of Information Studies Advisory Board and Goodwill. Additionally, he participated in Leadership Tallahassee, Class I, and Leadership Florida, Class V.
Mr. Langford’s education began in Tallahassee at Maclay School where he received a diploma in 1975. He attended Vanderbilt University, graduating in 1979 with a double major in Economics and Business Administration. His post-graduate degrees are a Juris Doctor from the FSU College of Law and a Masters of Business Administration from the FSU College of Business, which degrees he received in 1982. He is a member of the Florida Bar.
He has been happily married for 26 years, has a son and a daughter, and is a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church.
Rick Grant
H. E. “Rick” Grant joined Municode as its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in October of 1997. He has spent time in every division learning the intricacies of the codification industry and runs the printing operation, as a collateral duty. His name goes on every package shipped from Municode because he wants to hear immediately about any problems you may be experiencing.
Rick joined Municode after a 31-year career in the Navy where he served as both a naval aviator and as an attorney. When Rick retired from the Navy as a Rear Admiral, he was the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, the Navy’s senior attorney and the leader of the world-wide Judge Advocate General’s Corps.
Dale Barstow
Dale Barstow is the Vice President of the Municipal Code Corporation Sales department. He has over 40 years experience working with Municipal and County Government.
He is a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
He serves as President of the Municipal Clerks Education Foundation of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks. Mr. Barstow is an Honorary Municipal Clerk in the States of: Florida, Texas, North Carolina, and Missouri.
Eric Grant
Eric Grant is the Vice President of Municipal Code Corporation’s Supplementation Department. Eric joined the Municode team in 2007 after graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Prior to receiving his Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia, and becoming a member of the Florida Bar, Eric served as a Tank Platoon Commander in the United States Marine Corps. As a Marine, Eric served both stateside and abroad. Eric and his unit were deployed during Operation Enduring Freedom shortly after September 11, 2001. By way of preparation for his career as a United States Marine, Eric attended both the United States Naval Academy, and Georgetown University’s School of Foreign service. While at the Naval Academy, Eric served as the Brigade Commander, responsible for the development, training and welfare of over 4,000 of America’s finest young men and women. Shortly after graduating from the Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science, Eric earned his Master’s Degree in National Security Studies from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Washington, D.C.. While serving as a United States Marine, Eric served in Virginia, Kentucky, California and abroad as a member of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
Eric is happily married to Sara Grant. They have been married for ten years and have four children: Hunter (7), Anna (5), Ashley (4) and Luke (2).
Phillip Claiborne
Phillip Claiborne is the Chief Information officer at Municipal Code. Phillip has been with the company since 2002, and has served as the CIO since 2005.
He graduated from Florida State University in 2002 with a Bachelors Degree in Management Information Systems, and later furthered his education with an MBA from the University of Florida. In addition to his tenure at Municode, Phillip has been in the Information Technology field since 1998. He currently heads up the online publishing and content delivery services of Municode.com, while managing internal publishing, print, and traditional IT operations.
Phillip has been happily married since 2004, has a son, Ted (1), and is a member of St. Peter’s Anglican Church.
Michelle Eagen
Michelle S. Eagen is Chief Financial Officer & VP Finance for Municipal Code Corporation (Municode). She graduated from Lely High School in Naples, FL in 1986. Michelle received her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Florida and her Master of Accounting degree from Nova Southeastern University. She is a licensed and active Florida CPA and is a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA). Michelle has six years experience with Municode, and over sixteen years of professional accounting experience in the publishing industry. Michelle has been happily married for over 17 years and is the proud mother of a son and a daughter.
Donny Barstow
Donny Barstow has been with Municode since 2000 and currently serves as President of MCC Innovations (MCCi), which is a subsidiary of Municode.
Mr. Barstow has a Management Information Systems B.S. from Florida State University, and an MBA from University of Florida. Donny has been employed with Municode since 2000 and has 11 years of experience in document imaging and records management. In addition, Donny is the Founder of TYEO, and is a Board Member of Tallahassee’s local Chamber of Commerce, where he focuses on leadership development and promoting involvement within our Community.