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Mr. Force practices in the areas of commercial litigation, admiralty, and complex insurance defense and coverage law and has represented clients at both the trial and appellate levels. Mr. Force is admitted to practice in Louisiana, Texas, and California and has practiced with law firms in each of those states. Mr. Force is a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, having served on its Board of Directors and as Chair of the MLA's Practice and Procedure and Young Lawyers Committees. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Benedict on Admiralty and Benedict's Maritime Bulletin, and the Secretary/Treasurer of the Tulane Admiralty Law Institute as well as a member of its Program and Planning Committees and National Advisory Board. Mr. Force is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Tulane Law School and teaches a course in Marine Pollution. Mr. Force received his Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Haverford College. Upon graduating from law school, Mr. Force served as a law clerk to the Honorable W. Eugene Davis of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Texas, 1991
Louisiana, 1992
California, 1995
U.S. Supreme Court, 1995
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1991
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1995
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1992
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1995
U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1995
U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1995
U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1996
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 2000
U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 2001
U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 2001
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2002
U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2007
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 2009
Certificate in Civil/Commercial & Employment Mediation Training, Mediation Institute, 2017
Maritime Law Association of the United States, 1994 - Present
Maritime Law Association of the United States, 2009 - 2012 (Board of Directors)
Maritime Law Association of the United States, Marine Insurance and General Average Committee, Secretary, 1998 - 2004
Maritime Law Association of the United States, Practice and Procedure Committee, Chair, 2008 - 2012, Vice Chair, 2004 - 2008
Maritime Law Association of the United States, Young Lawyers Committee, Chair, 2001- 2003, Secretary, 1999-2001
Tulane Admiralty Law Institute, National Advisory Board 2005 - Present
Planning and Program Committees, 2007 - Present
Secretary/Treasurer, 2014 - Present
Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, 1993 - Present
Houston Mariners Club, 1993 - 2008
American Maritime Cases, Editorial Fellow, 1999 - 2017
Benedict on Admiralty, Editor-in-Chief, 2012 – Present
Benedict's Maritime Bulletin, Editorial Board, 2003 – 2012
Managing Editor, 2009 – 2012
Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts J.D.
Honors: Addison Brown Prize, Law Review: Harvard International Law Journal, 1989-1991, Recent Developments Editor, 1990-1991,
Haverford College, Haverford, PA B.A.
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Major: Russian (With Honors)