RICHARD WALSH
Richard Walsh is one of Oregon’s leading trial attorneys for representing clients with soft tissue injuries caused by automobile collisions. Because of his many successful jury trial verdicts he has also been asked to be a speaker at many legal education seminars for trial lawyers for the Oregon State Bar and for the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association. Rich also has written many continuing legal education chapters for lawyers and his article on Combating Defense Medical Examinations has been published in TRIAL Magazine. He has been listed in the Marquis Who’s Who in American Law, Strathmore’s Who’s Who Millennian Edition, and the National Registry of Who’s Who.
Rich is a lifetime Willamette Valley resident. He obtained his Doctorate of Jurisprudence (J.D.) from the University of Oregon Law School in 1986. While at the University of Oregon he served as the Chief Justice for the University’s Constitution Court and graduated with a high class ranking. He began his legal career in 1986 working for an insurance defense firm, but quickly learned that injured people needed strong legal representation against insurance companies in order to obtain full and fair compensation. He began representing injured clients in 1988. Rich’s first jury trial in 1992 resulted in a record breaking verdict of $500,745.09 for a low impact pure soft tissue case. Since then, for more than 20 years, Rich has had helped hundreds of clients obtain fair compensation for their injuries.
Rich has experience representing all types of injury claims ranging from simple soft tissue strains and sprains to severe brain injury or death claims. Rich understands that each claim is unique and even soft tissue injuries and low impact crashes can cause devestating life altering damages. Several of Rich's clients have been awarded six figure verdicts and settlements on soft tissue or low impact injuries in automobile crash cases, including one who obtained a jury verdict in Benton County for $611,434.30 for a case involving intractable headaches from a very low impact collision.
Rich is also very active in the community. He has been serving on the Keizer City Council since 2000 and has been instrumental in creating Keizer Rapids Park, a 120 acre riverfront park. He was awarded the Gwen VondenBosch Regional Leadership Award by the Mid Willamette Valley Council of Governments “in recognition of outstanding leadership in support of regional, intergovernmental cooperation.” In 2008 Rich was presented with the Department of Interior’s Cooperative Conservation Award by secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne in Washington D.C.
Rich remains committed to his clients and to his community.
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Education:
1983- 1986 University of Oregon: Doctorate of Jurisprudence (J.D.)
Class rank: 17/155 of Graduating Class
Chief Justice of University of Oregon Constitution Court 1983
Portland State University: Bachelors of Science (B.S.)
Bachelors Degree in Political Science
Academic Honors
Award of Merit: The National Dean’s List
Member of Political Science Honor Society
Professional Honors,
Speaking Engagements, Publications
· Speaker at October 21, 2004 OTLA sponsored attorney
continuing legal education seminar on how to give a persuasive closing
argument in a soft tissue case and author of corresponding CLE chapter.
· Presidents Circle Spotlight Attorney featured in the
February 2006 monthly issue of SIDEBAR, published by
the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.
· Speaker at Oregon Doctors of Chiropractic (ODOC) 2004 Convention
· Speaker at Oregon State Bar CLE on “Anatomy of a Trial” October 18, 2003.
· Guest Speaker at Oregon Doctors of Chiropractic (ODOC) 2003 Board Meeting, re: Chart Notes & Trials.
· Speaker at November 15, 2002, OTLA sponsored attorney legal education seminar on Closing Arguments and
Direct Examination of Chiropractic Physicians and author of corresponding CLE chapters.
· Speaker at Rivers Cities 2002 Conference, (May 22, 2002)
· Defense Medical Examinations, combating the examiner Published in Summer 2000 edition of TRIAL Magazine.
· All Day Continuing Legal Education Seminar on Analyzing Medical Records for the Oregon Paralegal, by the
National Business Institute, April 5, 2000
· Speaker at March 3, 2000, OTLA sponsored legal education seminar “How to Hammer Allstate”
· Author of OTLA Sponsored Legal Education Article on “My Top Ten Tips on How to Maximize Recovery in a Soft
Tissue Case”.
· Speaker at the joint 1999 OTLA and Association of Trial Lawyers Of America (ATLA) continuing legal education
seminar “from the classroom to the courtroom” at Willamette University on topic “How to Give a Stunning Summation”
· Speaker and Author of CLE materials at the 1997 Oregon Trial Lawyer Association’s (OTLA
Summer Convention on Voir Dire. (jury selection).
· Speaker on Constitution at 200th Anniversary of signing of the Constitution for Daughters of the American
Revolution, Salem Chapter, September 2002.
· Listed in The Marquis Who’s Who in American Law 1994-2001
· Listed in Strathmore’s Who’s Who Millennian Ed. 2000-2001
· Life Member in National Registry of Who’s Who 2000-2002
Current or Prior Professional Associations:
Oregon State Bar
Federal Bar for the United States District Court for Oregon
Oregon Trial Lawyer Association
Oregon Workers’ Compensation Attorneys Association
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
American Bar Association Litigation Section
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