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      Joshua S. Force

      Joshua S. Force

      Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.Total Records: 1
      909 Poydras Street, Suite 2800, New Orleans, LA, 70112
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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.

      Bar Admission

      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

      Other Affiliations

      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

      Achievements

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      Past Lists

      • 2022 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
      • 2021 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
      • 2020 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
      • 2019 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
      • 2018 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
      • 2017 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
      • 2016 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
      • 2015 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
      • 2014 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
      • 2013 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
      • 2012 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
      • 2011 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
      • 2010 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
      • 2009 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
      • 2008 Louisiana Super Lawyers list

      Education

      • 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)

      Honers

      • Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigator in America, 2022
      • Best Lawyers in America since 2008 with special designations, during 2021 or a prior year, in Admiralty and Maritime Law, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Banking and Finance Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, 2021 - 2022
      • Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2021 - 2022
      • Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers in America, 2021-2022
      • Monte M. Lemann Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching, Tulane Law School, 2017
      • CityBusiness Leadership in Law Honoree, 2014
      • Anne Goldsmith Hanaw and J. Jerome Hanaw Tikkun Olam Award for Campaign Excellence, 2011, Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans
      • Daniel R. Ginsberg Leadership Award, 2008, Anti-Defamation League
      • Margot and Herbert J. Garon Young Leadership Award, 2007, Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans
      • Barney D. Mintz Leadership Award, 2005, Anti-Defamation League, South Central Region
      • 2023 Best Lawyers Award

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