About Joshua
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 an active 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, a former Managing Editor of Benedict's Maritime Bulletin, an Editorial Fellow for the American Maritime Cases, and a member of the Planning Committee and National Advisory Board of the Tulane Admiralty Law Institute. Mr. Force is an Adjunct Assistant 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.
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Case History
Education
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Banking and Finance, New Orleans (2022)
- Lawyer of the Year: Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, New Orleans (2017)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Real Estate, New Orleans (2016)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Banking and Finance, New Orleans (2014)
- Recognized: Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Recognized: Commercial Litigation
- Recognized: Insurance Law
- Recognized: Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Recognized: Litigation - Real Estate
- Recognized: Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Practice Area: Litigation - Environmental
- Practice Area: Litigation - First Amendment
- Special Focus: Arbitration and Mediation
- Special Focus: Environmental
- Special Focus: Litigation
- Special Focus: Marine Insurance
- Special Focus: Personal Injury
- Best Lawyers in America - Admiralty & Maritime Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking & Finance, Litigation - Real Estate, 2012 - 2013
- Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2008 - 2013
- 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