Atty. Bernard F. Walsh

Sarasota Sarasota 48 Years Experience 48 year

About

Bernard Walsh devoted the next three years to trial work for the State of Florida. This provided him with the opportunity to concentrate on his trial abilities, with numerous high profile trials concerning serious felony crimes. Since 1982, he has exclusively practiced personal injury law and helped accident victims in and beyond Sarasota and Manatee Counties in Florida. Mr. Walsh is an AV Preeminent® rated attorney in Martindale-Hubbell®. AV means the highest possible rating in both Legal Ability and Ethical Standards. Mr. Walsh is also listed in AVVO as Superb, which is the highest rating for attorneys in AVVO. Mr. Walsh was appointed to the National Trial Lawyers Association as an Executive Committee Top 100 Trial Lawyers (2013 onward). Florida has only 12 lawyers appointed to the National Trial Lawyers Executive Committee. The executive committee is selected nationwide for excellence, professionalism and being and demonstrating they are an active and a driving force in the legal community. He is also listed in the National Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, and has been inducted into Southern Trial Lawyers Association, as well as the Melvin M. Belli Society. He has also won the largest playground recovery (2008), one of the top three motorcycle recoveries (2006), and the second largest daycare center recovery (2010), in the State of Florida. He is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. The Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum is a group of attorneys who have achieved career case successes that include multi-million dollar recoveries, settlements and /or verdicts. Activities, Associations and Awards Bernard Walsh is firmly committed to community service. He is an active member of the Manatee and Sarasota Sheriff’s Advisory Boards, the Florida Highway Patrol Advisory Council and the One Hundred Club for Law Enforcement in Manatee. His volunteer efforts to help all levels of law enforcement have benefited both private citizens and law enforcement personnel.

Practice Areas

Personal Injury Personal Injury Law Wrongful Death Law Accidents Accidents Caused by Defective Automobiles AIDS Litigation Airplane Crash Litigation Amusement Park Injuries Animal Attacks Aquatic Injuries Automobile Accidents Automobile Negligence Bicycle Accidents Boating Accidents Bodily Injury Brain Injuries Brain Injury Burn Injuries Bus Accidents Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Catastrophic Injury Catastrophic Personal Injuries Child Injuries Commercial Vehicle Liability Construction Accidents Cumulative Trauma Denial of Insurance Coverage Dog Bites Electrical Injury Electromagnetic Field Litigation Elevator Liability Head Injury Head-On Collisions Heavy Equipment Products Liability Highway Collisions Hit And Run Accidents Improper Maintenance of Sidewalks and Stairs Inadequate Lighting Motor Vehicle Accidents Motorcycle Accidents Neurolaw Pedestrian Injuries Permanent Disfigurement Personal Injury Appeals Personal Injury Arbitration Personal Injury Defense Personal Injury Mediation Plaintiffs Personal Injury Power Line Contact Injury Product Defects Product Failure Product Safety Products Liability Psychological Injury Rear-End Collisions Rental Car Collisions Rental Vehicle Litigation Repetitive Stress Injury Retail Store and Mall Injuries Rollovers School and Day Care Injuries School Bus Accidents Severe Burns Sexual Abuse Shattered & Broken Bones Slip and Fall Slip And Fall Accidents Spinal Cord Injuries Spinal Injury Subway Accidents Third Party Wrongful Death TMJ Dysfunction Tourist Injuries Tractor Trailer Accidents Tractor Trailer Wrecks Transfusion Associated AIDS Traumatic Brain Injury Trucking Accidents Unintended Acceleration Whiplash Workers Compensation Wrongful Death

Education

J.D.

Cumberland School of Law Samford University

- 1978

B.A.

University of South Florida

- 1975

Awards

AV Preeminent

Bar Admissions

Florida

Admitted: 1978

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