John J. Walsh, III
Partner
312-578-7668
jwalsh@pretzel-stouffer.com

Recognition and Appointments
Highest Martindale-Hubbell rating, AV
Illinois Super Lawyers®, 2009-2011
Executive Committee of the Judicial Evaluations Committee, Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), 2011
Judicial Evaluations Committee, ISBA, 2006-present

Education
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D. 1982
University of Notre Dame, B.A. 1968
Magna cum laude

Bar Admissions
Illinois Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, General and Trial bars

Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association
ISBA
The Society of Trial Lawyers of Illinois
Past President, 2007-08
DRI™

John has been a trial lawyer with Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, since 1982, focusing on the defense of physician, hospital and nursing home liability cases; employment discrimination; and civil rights and law enforcement liability. He has successfully tried more than 50 cases to verdict as lead trial counsel in state and federal courts in northeastern Illinois. He has also assisted in the appellate defense of numerous not-guilty verdicts, with one successful appeal in a Section 1983 Civil Rights case reaching the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2010, John defended two northwest suburban spine surgeons to a not-guilty verdict in a Cook County case alleging a debilitating entrapment neuropathy in a patient's arm following a revision lumbar spine surgery. The case spanned 11 years from the surgery at issue to jury verdict.

Outside of his practice of law, John has spent more than 23 years managing, coaching, umpiring and administering in the Little League baseball programs in Evanston and Wilmette, as well as other youth sporting activities. He is a former director and president of the Wilmette Baseball Association (1997-2006). He also enjoys golf, swimming, reading and outdoor activities.

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