Joshua (Josh) Reece is a member of the firm’s insurance disputes practice, with a focus on products liability exposure, complex commercial, and catastrophic injury litigation.
Before joining Clyde & Co, he garnered over a decade of experience litigating complex commercial, lawyers’ (including IP, corporate dispute and transactions, real estate, matrimonial, and trusts and estates) and accountants’ professional liability, and high-exposure healthcare claims in both state and federal courts. He has represented insurance companies in coverage disputes in arbitration and New York courts. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Josh also defended healthcare institutions, litigating liability shields (including the federal PREP Act) at the federal trial and appellate level nationwide. Utilizing this experience, he has counselled institutional clients on emerging trends in risk mitigation.
Prior to practicing law, Josh was a classical pianist, earning Third Prize in the 2003 Zimmerli International Piano Competition.
Admissions
New York
US District Court for the Northern District of New York
US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Education
J.D., St. John’s University School of Law, 2010
B.Mus., magna cum laude, University of South Carolina, 2004. President’s Honor List, Dean’s Honor List, South Carolina Palmetto Fellow, University Scholar.
Expérience
Won summary judgment dismissing punitive damages claims against New York metropolitan area healthcare institution (2023).
Won pre-discovery dismissal of legal malpractice claims against New York metropolitan area real estate litigation and matrimonial firms (2018).
Successfully obtained summary judgment dismissing actions against New York metropolitan area healthcare institutions (2017).
Successfully obtained vacatur of adverse coverage decision in New York County Supreme Court and the Appellate Division, First Department (2012).
