Adams and Reese attorney Chris Joseph has been elected to the board of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Louisiana.
AFSP Louisiana is part of the nationwide network of suicide prevention state chapters that does grassroots work in eliminating the loss of life from suicide by delivering prevention programs, educating the public about risk factors and warning signs, raising research funds, and providing an outlet to individuals who have struggled with suicidal ideation or lost someone to suicide.
Joseph, an Associate in the Adams and Reese Baton Rouge office, practices primarily in the intersection of business and government, construction litigation, surety litigation, commercial industry contracts and litigation, insurance defense, and property litigation. He litigates in Louisiana state and federal courts, handling all the various stages of litigation. He drafts appellate briefs, motions for summary judgment, and other substantive pleadings.
He is recognized by peers among Louisiana’s Super Lawyers “Rising Stars.”
Joseph is a scholar in the American Bar Association Young Lawyer Division Leadership Academy, a national pipeline to further leadership skills of underrepresented attorneys.
Earning his J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, Joseph was second place oralist in the university’s Moot Court Competition and competed as an oralist for Loyola’s JESSUP International Law Moot Court Team. Additionally, he served as comment editor for Loyola’s Journal of Public Interest.
Joseph is a New Orleans native and who comes from a family of basketball players. He was a student athlete at Loyola University New Orleans. He played four years for the Wolfpack basketball team while receiving his B.A. in Political Science.