Josef P. Ventulan is an attorney with the Louisiana State Law Institute (LSLI). Prior to joining the LSLI, he clerked for the Hon. Lisa M. Woodruff-White (Ret.). He has also served as a board attorney for the Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals and as an adjunct professor at Southern University Law Center.

He received his undergraduate degree in accounting from Louisiana State University and his law degree from Southern University Law Center, where he graduated first in his class and received a certification in tax law. He also served as the editor-in-chief of the Southern University Law Review. He was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 2020.

Josef is an active member of the American Bar Association (ABA) and serves on the ABA’s Standing Committees on Gavel Awards and Meetings and Travel. He has previously served as the ABA Young Lawyers Division’s Affiliates Director and as a member of the Affiliates Committee and Long-Range Planning Board.

Additionally, he serves as a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association's (LSBA) Young Lawyers Division Council, on the LSBA's Access to Justice Committee, and the Baton Rouge Bar Association's (BRBA) Publications and Pro Bono Committees. He formerly served as a council member of the BRBA’s Young Lawyers Section and as junior council member of the LSLI.

Josef was recognized in 2024 as one of the country’s Top 40 Young Lawyers by the American Bar Association. He has also received the ABA Young Lawyers Division’s Star of the Year Award, the LSBA’s Pro Bono Publico Award, the LSBA YLD’s Bat P. Sullivan, Jr. Chair’s Award, and the Baton Rouge Bar Association’s Judge Joseph Keogh Memorial Award.

In his community, he serves on the advisory board of Southeast Louisiana Legal Services and the board of directors of the Lagniappe Law Lab. He is also a Future Leaders Council member of the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana (PAR). He has previously served as member of the board of directors of Forum 225 and Power Pump Girls, Inc.