Joshua Forrester Field

Joshua Forrester Field brings a unique combination of campaign, government, litigation, and philanthropic experiences to ForresterField. After over 15 years serving as a Public Defender or in the campaign and policy worlds, Josh is excited to apply an unexpected interest and education in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to the legal profession.

Josh began his professional career in Sen Barbara Boxer’s press office in the days when junior comms staffers cut daily news clips by hand.

After his time on the Hill, Josh took to political campaigns, working on six, including work on both of President Obama’s campaigns and the '16 Hillary for America Campaign, where he oversaw the largest voter protection operation in Pennsylvania election history. Josh served as an on-the-record spokesperson in five different senior communication roles

Josh also managed the Fair Census Project, an innovative campaign that embedded randomized controlled experiments into the campaign as it was running, enabling his team to make informed strategic adjustments that resulted in demonstrated improved

 

selected publications 

professional organization membership

State Bar of California

Washington State Bar Association

education

University of Washington School of Law
Seattle, WA
Juris Doctor, 2006

The George Washington University
Washington, DC
BA in Political Communication; cum laude, 1997

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Certificate, Designing and Building AI Products and Services, 2024

selected work experience

  • PA Victory 2016/Hillary for America Coordinated Campaign; Philadelphia, PA; Voter Protection Director

  • The Wyss Foundation; Washington, DC; Program Manager and Deputy General Counsel

  • Center for American Progress; Washington, DC; Managing and Deputy Director, Legal Progress

  • 2013 Presidential Inaugural Committee; Washington, DC; Senior Advisor for Media, Tickets/Credentials

  • Organizing for America-Nevada; Las Vegas, NV; Director of Special Projects, Voter Protection

  • Charlotte in 2012 Democratic Convention Host Committee; Charlotte, NC; Counsel and Director of Communications

  • Snohomish County Public Defender Association; Everett, WA; Staff Attorney

  • The Peace Corps; Washington, DC; Press Director

  • Obama for America; Seattle, WA; Washington State Communications Director

  • Innocence Project Northwest Clinic, University of Washington School of Law; Seattle, WA; Rule 9 Intern

  • Washington Democratic Party Voter Protection Project; Seattle, WA; Assistant to the Director

  • Friends of Patrick Kennedy; Washington, DC; Deputy National Finance Director

  • MO Democratic Party/Carnahan Coordinated Campaign; St. Louis, MO; Deputy Communications Director

  • U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer; Washington, DC Press Assistant

census self-reporting among historically undercounted communities.

In addition to his campaign experience, Josh’s programmatic and policy experience includes managing the Legal Progress program at the Center for American Progress and helping develop and grow progressive issue campaigns at the Wyss Foundation.

He served in the Obama Administration as the Peace Corps Press Director.

As a trial attorney, Josh litigated more than 1200 cases for indigent clients with a sucess rate greater than 80 percent on trial confirmed cases, demonstrating a determined ability to get his clients what they needed on both trial—and appellate-level criminal law cases as a proud public defender and at the Innocence Project Northwest.

Josh is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law and the George Washington University and serves on a select technology taskforce of the Washington State Bar Association and is a member of that organization and the California Bar Association and spends too much time rooting for the A's, 9ers, and West Ham United.