William J. Walsh
Birthplace
- Louisville, Kentucky
Date of Birth
- 5/22/1964
Education
- Born and raised in Louisville, William J. Walsh is a 1985 summa cum laude graduate of St. Joseph's College.
- He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1989.
Practice Areas
- Civil litigation, in state and federal courts, including jury trial verdicts for business torts of more than a million dollars; successful defense of multimillion-dollar NASD claims; AAA construction arbitrations; property lien foreclosures; business dissolutions; shareholder derivative actions; fiduciary duty claims; disputes between banks regarding participation loans and share of losses due to fraud; fraudulent business transactions; property boundary disputes; declaratory judgment actions; defenses of government institutions; freight claims; and other civil litigation matters.
- Federal and state appellate litigation, including successfully overturning dismissals of several actions leading to later recoveries by the appellant.
Memberships and Community Involvement
- Before joining the firm in 1998, he practiced with the Georgia Legal Services Program, the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, and the Louisville Legal Aid Society.
- Will is a member of the Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations and is licensed to practice in Illinois and Georgia.
- Will is a member of the bar of the Sixth and Eleventh Court of Appeals, and the Western District of Kentucky, Eastern District of Kentucky, Southern Indiana, and Northern District of Georgia.
