Mr. Walsh is a corporate and commercial litigator.  He has first-chaired many trials in the Delaware courts, and has successfully argued cases before the Supreme Court of Delaware and in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.  He routinely handles stockholder class and derivative actions, summary proceedings pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, and hostile takeover proceedings.  Mr. Walsh also frequently counsels officers and directors and the Delaware corporations they serve in matters of Delaware corporate law, primarily as such matters bear upon ongoing or anticipated litigation.

Mr. Walsh has been recognized annually by Chambers USA:  America's Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading commercial litigator in Delaware, and was named in the most recent editions of The Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers.  Recently, he was offered membership into the Litigation Counsel of America, a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers.  Mr. Walsh is the chair of the Business & Corporate Litigation Committee of the Business Section of the American Bar Association.  An accomplished runner and triathlete, Mr. Walsh is an 11-time qualifier and finisher of the Boston Marathon.

Education

• Washington & Lee University School of Law, J.D., 1986; Executive Editor, Washington & Lee Law Review
• Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 1983
• Law Clerk to the Honorable Jack B. Jacobs, Delaware Court of Chancery, 1986-1987

Representative Matters

New Castle County, DE v. Wilmington Hospitality, LLC, __A.2d, __ (Del. 2008); Charles E. Underbrink and James H. Harrison v. Warrior Energy Service, Inc., 2008 WL 2262316 (Del. Ch.); West Willow-Bay Court LLC v. Robino-Bay Court Plaza LLC, 2007 WL 3317551 (Del. Ch.); Walter E. Ryan, et al. v. John F. Gifford, et al., 935 A.2d 258 (Del. Ch. 2007); West Coast Management & Capital, LLC v. Carrier Access Corporation, 2006 WL 3502995 (Del. Ch.); Cede & Co. v. JRC Acquisition Corp. 2004 WL 286963 (Del. Ch.); In re Explorer Pipeline Co., 781 A.2d 705 (Del. Ch. 2001); New Castle County v. National Union Fire Ins. Co., 243 F.3d 744 (3d Cir. 2001)

Professional Activities

• Delaware State Bar Association; Committee on Judicial Appointments; Co-Chair, Committee on Professional Ethics
• American Bar Association; Chair, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee of the Business Section; Former Co-Chair, Director and Officer Liability Committee; frequent participant in ABA-sponsored corporate law programs
• Board Member and Former President, United Cerebral Palsy of Delaware
• Board of Directors, Delaware Greenways