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R. Joshua Koch, Jr. has been our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since May 2006. From May 1995 until May 2006, Mr. Koch practiced at the law firm of Spyridon, Koch, Palermo & Dornan, L.L.C., where he served as our primary legal counsel. Mr. Koch's legal practice has concentrated in the areas of energy, admiralty and commercial litigation. Mr. Koch was an adjunct professor on trial skills for both Tulane and Loyola University Schools of Law and a member of the faculty of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Koch is a former director of the New Orleans chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Mr. Koch is also a member of the Maritime Law Association, the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute and the Defense Research Institute and holds an AB-rating from Martindale-Hubble. Mr. Koch received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1975 and a Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University School of Law in 1978. | 