Josiah Hatch was born in Savannah, Georgia, a fourth generation Georgian. He
attended Princeton University, where he graduated summa cum laude, majoring in
Ancient Greek and Latin with a minor in music theory. A Marshall scholar at
Pembroke College, Oxford, he studied Anglo-Saxon and Middle English. He spent
a year in Italy studying Latin literature, history and art.
After studying at Oxford, Josiah moved to Washington, serving as a museum
administrator at the Smithsonian Institution, a speechwriter and political aide, and,
after obtaining a law degree from Georgetown, a lawyer. In addition to his legal
practice, he teaches courses in international business and economics at the Josef
Korbel School for International Studies at the University of Denver. He is coauthor
of a legal treatise on Director and Officer Liability, Indemnification and
Insurance.