Joshua Field

Attorney. AI builder. Former public defender.

1,200+ cases as a public defender. 150+ concurrent caseload. Then built three production AI systems — a patent-pending multi-LLM orchestrator, a knowledge engine now in production, and a criminal defense workspace — because nobody was building the tools that were actually needed.

These systems were designed by someone who lived the workflow — years of managing impossible caseloads, watching institutional knowledge leave with every departure, and working with sensitive information every day. The tools exist because they should have existed sooner.

That same architecture now powers knowledge systems for consulting clients across industries.

Technology

Patent-pending multi-LLM orchestrator (UltrAI)

Production knowledge engine ([HUB]) — Python, MCP protocol, integrations with Obsidian, Notion, Gmail, Apple services

Criminal defense AI workspace (GIDEON)

MIT Certificate in Designing and Building AI Products & Services (2024)

Policy & Government

Peace Corps Press Director (Obama Administration)

State Voter Protection Director, 2016 presidential campaign (3,000 legal volunteers)

Both Obama presidential campaigns

U.S. Senate press office

Center for American Progress (Director, Legal Progress)

 


Selected Publications

Uncounted Votes, The Racially Discriminatory Effects of Provisional Ballots, Center for American Progress, 2014

The Voting Rights Playbook, Center for American Progress, 2014

Unequal Access, Election Administration in Swing States, Center for American Progress, 2014

Marriage Equality and the Supreme Court, Center for American Progress, 2013

Education

University of Washington School of Law — Juris Doctor

The George Washington University — BA in Political Communication, cum laude

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

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Legal

California State Bar (active)

Staff Attorney, Snohomish County Public Defender Association (1,200+ cases)

Deputy Counsel, Wyss Foundation

Deputy Counsel, Charlotte in 2012 Convention Host Committee

Published legal researcher, Center for American Progress

info@forresterfield.com