Joshua S. Force
Top rated Transportation & Maritime attorney in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.
Practice areas: Transportation & Maritime, Business Litigation, Insurance Coverage; view more
Licensed in Louisiana since: 1992
Education: Harvard Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2008 - 2026 Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.
909 Poydras StreetSuite 2800
New Orleans, LA 70112 Phone: 504-299-2130 Email: Joshua S. Force Visit website
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 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.
Practice areas
Transportation/Maritime, Business Litigation, Insurance Coverage, AppellateFirst Admitted: 1991, Texas
Professional Webpage: http://www.shergarner.com/Bio/JoshuaForce.asp
Bar / Professional Activity
- Benedict on Admiralty, Editor-in-Chief, 2012 - Present
- Tulane Admiralty Law Institute, National Advisory Board 2005 - Present; Planning and Program Committees, 2007 - Present; Secretary/Treasurer, 2014 - Present
- Maritime Law Association of the United States, 1994 - Present (Board of Directors, 2009 - 2012; Marine Insurance and General Average Committee, Secretary, 1998 - 2004; Practice and Procedure Committee, Chair, 2008 – 2012, Vice Chair, 2004 – 2008; Young Lawyers Committee, Chair, 2001 – 2003, Secretary, 1999-2001)
- American Maritime Cases, Editorial Fellow, 1999 - 2017
- Benedict's Maritime Bulletin, Editorial Board, 2003 – Present; Managing Editor, 2009 – 2014; Editor-in-Chief, 2014 - Present
Representative Clients
- Safety Nat'l Cas. Corp. v. Certain Underwriters at Loyd's, London, 587 F.3d 714 (5th Cir. 2009)
- Travelers Cas. & Sur. Co. of America v. Wright Ins. Agency Inc., 404 F.3d 927 (5th Cir. 2005)
- LaSalle Bank, N.A. v. Mobile Hotel Properties, LLC, 367 F. Supp. 2d 1022 (E.D. La. 2004)
- Jeansonne v. New York Life Ins., 11 So. 3d 1160 (La. App. 3 Cir. 2009)
- Gravolet v. Fair Grounds Corp., 878 So. 2d 900 (La. App. 4 Cir. 2004)
- Warn v. M/Y MARIDOME, 169 F.3d 625 (9th Cir. 1999)
- Warn v. M/Y MARIDOME, 961 F.Supp. 1357 (S.D. Cal. 1997)
- Lecy v. Bayliner Marine Corp., 973 P.2d 1110, 94 Wash.App. 949 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999)
- Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co. v. Vessel DRIVE OCEAN V, 2000 A.M.C. 1958 (S.D. Cal. 1998)
- Morrell v. Alfortish, No. 10-924, WL 4668429 (E.D. La. 2010)
- Versai Management Corp. v. Clarendon America Ins. Co., 597 F.2d 729 (5th Cir. 2010)
Special Licenses / Certifications
- Civil/Commercial & Employment Mediation Training Certificate, Mediation Institute
Educational Background
- Haverford College, B.A., 1988
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- "The Preemption Doctrine and Maritime Law," 20th New Orleans Fall Maritime Law Seminar, Tulane Law School, October 18, 2002
- "Ship Arrest and Attachment in the U.S.," Ship Arrest Seminar, Lloyd's List Events, Lloyd's Maritime Training Programme, 2001
- "Allocation and Trigger in the Context of Long-Tail Litigation," Insurance Law in Louisiana, Lorman Education Series, 2000
- "’Default Remedies,’ Evictions: Residential and Commercial in Louisiana,” Lorman Education Series, 2000
- "Recent Developments in Marine Insurance Law," Maritime Law Association, Fall Meeting, October 14,1999
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, Tulane University School of Law, 2014 - 2017
- Evolution of Marine Pollution Law, 1966-2016, 91 Tul. L. Rev. 1009 (2017) (with Antonio J. Rodriguez, Michael A. Harowski, and David A. Freedman)
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Tulane University School of Law, 2017 to Present
- The Criminalization of Marine Pollution Under U.S. Law, 15 Benedict's Maritime Bulletin 1, First Quarter, 2017
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, Tulane Law School, 2010 - 2014
- Deepwater Horizon: Removal Costs, Civil Damages, Crimes, Civil Penalties, and State Remedies in Oil Spill Cases, 85 Tul. L. Rev. 889 (2011) (co-authored with Profs. R. Force and M. Davies)
- Lecturer in Law, Tulane University School of Law, 2007-2010
- Adjunct Lecturer in Law, Marine Pollution, Tulane University School of Law, 2004, 2007
- Sprietsma v. Mercury Marine: The Supreme Court Misses the Boat on Maritime Preemption, 27 Tul. Mar. L.J. 389 (2003)
- State Attachment and Garnishment Procedures in Maritime Matters: A Primer, 20 U.S.F. Mar. L.J. 1 (2007-08)
- "State Attachment and Garnishment Procedures in Maritime Matters," Pacific Admiralty Seminar, The Bar Association of San Francisco, California, October 6, 2006
Honors
- Best Lawyers in America since 2008, with special designations, during 2022 or a prior year, in Admiralty and Maritime Law, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Real Estate, 2008 - 2022, Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers
- Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2008 - 2022, Louisiana Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
- CityBusiness Leadership in Law Honoree, 2014
- Daniel R. Ginsberg Leadership Award, 2008, Anti-Defamation League
- Monte M. Lemann Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching, Tulane Law School, 2017
- Addison Brown Prize, Harvard Law School, 1991. The bequest of Addison Brown, LL.B. 1855, established a prize to be awarded annually or biannually for the best essay written by a student on a subject related to private international law or maritime law.
Office location for Joshua S. Force
909 Poydras Street
Suite 2800
New Orleans, LA 70112
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2008 - 2026