John Walsh

Attorney John Walsh is retired but still refers work to other attorneys at Axley.

Attorney Walsh served as a trial lawyer and past president of the State Bar of Wisconsin. He has a perfect score of 10 (on a 10-point scale) qualifying him for a “Superb” rating on AVVO. He also received Martindale-Hubbell’s^® highest rating and was regularly recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^© and “Super Lawyers” for his work representing people injured in accidents.

Attorney Walsh’s injury practice included all forms of motor vehicle accidents, as well as injuries involving children and the elderly. He has represented clients with brain injuries, neurological and orthopedic injuries, burn victims and all forms of traumatic injury. He has also represented people suffering the death of a family member. Attorney Walsh is also experienced in commercial trucking accidents and has handled cases of death or serious injury involving interstate motor carriers.

He also represented those injury by “recalled” or defective medical implant devices and adverse reactions to prescription medication.

Attorney Walsh’s work in business litigation and arbitration has included litigating (as counsel) and ruling (as arbitrator) on stock purchase agreements, business valuations, law firm dissolutions, calculating lost profits, and contract damages involving multimillion dollar corporations. He has acted as Wisconsin trial counsel in intellectual property cases representing Taylor Made, Wonder Bread, Cardinal Class and copyright owners of the Charles Schultz “Peanuts” characters.

He is a popular, part-time faculty member at the University of Wisconsin School of Business. He is the principal author of two studies of “Wisconsin Injury Jury Verdicts” published by the State Bar of Wisconsin and an original contributing author to “The Law on Damages” in Wisconsin.

At the time of Attorney Walsh’s election as President to the State Bar of Wisconsin, he was the youngest president in State Bar history. He has held various leadership positions for the State Bar of Wisconsin, including Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the State Bar’s Legislative Committee and member of the Board of Directors of the State Bar’s Litigation Section. Attorney Walsh’s community involvement includes being a former board member of the Center for Public Presentation, the Wisconsin Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, the Wisconsin Judicial Commission, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s Policy, Planning, and Procedures Committee. He currently is on the Board of directors of the Wisconsin Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund and the Wisconsin Health Care Liability Plan.

Admitted to practice in the State Courts of Wisconsin, Federal Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin, and United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.