About Michael Walsh

Michael J. Walsh is a founder and principal of the Walsh Woodard LLC law firm.  He has dedicated his practice to the representation of individuals in personal injury actions.

Mr. Walsh was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1987 and the New York Bar in 1988.  He is also admitted to practice in the Federal District Court of Connecticut, the Eastern District Court of New York, the Southern District Court of New York and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

From 1988 through 1989, Mr. Walsh served as a federal law clerk to the Honorable Ellen Bree Burns, who at the time was the Chief Judge for the District of Connecticut.

Mr. Walsh is an active member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA). He has been a member of the CTLA since 1989, became an officer in 2007, and served as President of the organization in 2012-2013.  He has held every officer position in the Association.  He presently serves on the Association’s Executive Committee and Board of Governors.  He also is the Co-Chairperson of the Continuing Legal Education Committee, Co-Chairperson of the Legislative Committee and a member of the Medical Malpractice Committee.

Mr. Walsh is board certified, and twice re-certified, as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBIA). Additionally, Mr. Walsh is an Advocate Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).  Mr. Walsh currently  serves as President of ABOTA’s Executive Committee for the Connecticut chapter. In 2010, Mr. Walsh was inducted as a Fellow of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL), and is a former Chair of the State Committee for the Connecticut Chapter. Membership in the College is limited to less than 1% of the lawyer population of each state.  In 2015, Mr. Walsh was inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.  Mr. Walsh is also Life Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation.

Mr. Walsh has been consistently selected by his peers as one of Connecticut’s Super Lawyers, as was published in Connecticut Magazine’s Super Lawyer Section, since the inception of the reward.  In addition, Mr. Walsh was selected as one of the top 10 Connecticut Super Lawyers for 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.  In 2009, he was further recognized as the third highest vote recipient in the statewide poll.