While at Washington & Lee, he performed clinical work focusing on post-conviction relief for the inmates of the Federal Women’s Prison Camp in Alderson, W.Va. He taught language arts, social studies and religion at Bishop Perry Middle School in New Orleans.

 

Joseph served on the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Board of Governors in 2021-24, representing the Eighth Board District. He also served in the LSBA House of Delegates. He serves on the boards of the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors, the Biomedical Research Foundation and Bonvenu Bank. He is President of The Committee of One Hundred, vice chair of public policy of Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce and serves as a member of the Air Force Global Strike Command Civic Leaders Program. He received the Dr. Jesse N. Stone Pioneer Award.

 

He is a founding member of Washington & Lee’s chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He is a former president of the Shreveport Bar Association and the North Louisiana Jewish Federation. He formerly served as vice chair of the Metropolitan Planning Commission, chair of the Strategic Action Council and chair of the North Louisiana Holocaust Remembrance Service.

 

In his community, he is also a local jazz and blues drummer. He and his wife Barbara have been married for 23 years and are the parents of two children.