John H. Walsh

Partner

John, a founding partner of the firm, is an AV rated attorney with significant experience litigating insurance coverage, bad faith, construction defect, professional liability, medical malpractice, employer's liability, bodily injury, property damage and product liability cases. John has acted as regional counsel for various insurers, including for the Interstate Insurance Group with responsibility for its environmental coverage litigation and national counsel for Admiral Insurance Company with respect to the latex glove and fen-phen coverage litigation. He has tried wrongful death, medical malpractice, bodily injury, defamation, Jones Act, auto, water rights and coverage litigation before juries and judges in both Federal and State court. Additionally, John has acted as lead counsel in complex litigation, including representation of Hon Development Company in multimillion dollar landslide litigation and various developers, design professionals and trades in both construction defect and accident litigation. Appellate decisions include Stonewall Ins. Co. v. City of Palos Verdes Estates and Pruyn v. Agricultural Ins. Co., seminal California insurance law opinions.

John graduated from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles in 1983 and is admitted in California, all U. S. District Courts in California, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal and the U.S District for the Eastern District of Michigan. He is a member of the Defense Research Institute, San Diego Defense Lawyers, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel and the San Diego County Bar Association.

John's interests outside of the practice of law are sailing, skiing, scuba diving and fly fishing.

Email address: jwalsh@wmfllp.com