About Ryan Joseph
Ryan Joseph Walsh built a profession round appellate law and state litigation. He began his formal studies at Hillsdale College, the place he earned a B.A. in American Studies in 2005. He went on to receive his J.D. from The University of Chicago Law School in 2009. Those academic credentials set the stage for a chain of judicial and public-service posts that formed his approach to legal writing and evaluation.
After law program Walsh secured consecutive federal clerkships that deepened his publicity to appellate work. In 2012 he served as a clerk for Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The following yr he served as a regulation clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia at the highest court of the United States. Those positions placed him inside high-level appellate choice-making and the drafting of opinions on complex legal questions.
Walsh moved into personal practice as an affiliate at Jones Day in 2014. He returned to public service in 2016 as Chief Deputy Solicitor General on the Wisconsin Department of Justice. In that position he handled appeals and represented the state in better courts, a submit that expanded his experience in state-side appellate legal proceedings. He later rejoined private practice and in 2020 became a companion at Eimer Stahl LLP.
His admissions reflect a countrywide appeals practice. He is admitted in Illinois, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia, and he holds admissions in numerous federal courts which includes the U.S. Supreme Court, the D.C. Circuit, the 4th, sixth, seventh and 9th Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin and for the District of Columbia. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar, the District of Columbia Bar (since 2015) and the State Bar of Wisconsin (since 2013).
Colleagues describe Walsh’s path as one that moves among authorities service and appellate advocacy. His resume shows sustained engagement with appellate procedure, precedent-driven legal proceedings and the mechanics of briefing at the very best ranges. That background informs the matters he takes in personal practice and the posture he brings to complicated appeals.
He is currently a companion at Eimer Stahl LLP, where he handles appeals and associated civil legal proceedings things in state and federal courts.
