Joe has litigated, tried, mediated and arbitrated cases in state and federal courts throughout Louisiana for twenty-eight years.  He is the principal of maps Mediation & Arbitration Professional Systems in New Orleans. Joe is a frequent lecturer on alternative dispute resolution to law firms, and to local and national Bar and industry organizations. Joe teaches mediation and negotiation as an Instructor in the maps mediator training program. He also serves on the Executive Council for the CLM Claims College School of Mediation and serves as an adjunct professor for Tulane Law School's Negotiation and Mediation Advocacy course. 

• Loyola University School of Law, J.D.
• Loyola University, Master of Arts – Religious Studies
• Loyola University, Bachelor of Arts – Philosophy
• Loyola University, Fellow – Institute of Politics
• National Institute For Trial Advocacy – Gulf Coast Regional Trial Advocacy Program
• Hastings College of Law – Trial Advocacy Program
• Advanced Neutral Training: maps 2017, 2018, 2019; Harvard PON Global, Spring 2021, Mediating Complex Disputes June 2021; ABA ADR Section: 2019 Advanced Mediator Advocacy Skills Institute, 2019 Complex Construction Claims
• Neutral Training: Mediation & Arbitration Professional Systems 2013
• Certified Litigation Management Professional (CLMP)

CLM  Claims College - Executive Committee 2019 & 2020

International Academy of Mediators (IAM), Distinguished Fellow

American College of Civil Trial Mediators (ACCTM), Fellow

National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN)

Appointed by two Governors to Flood Protection Authority-East, Commissioner and four term past-President

Best Lawyers in America© - construction (2016-2020), insurance (2016-2020) and products liability (2020)

"AV Preeminent" Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rating

Tulane Law School –Instructor, Spring 2020, 2021 – Negotiation and Mediation Advocacy

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