Kerry F. Walsh
Kerry F. Walsh
401-824-5118 (Direct)
Kerry F. Walsh is Senior Counsel with Pannone Lopes Devereaux & West and a member of the firm’s Alternative Dispute Resolution and Special Masterships Teams. Attorney Walsh focuses his practice as a member of the firm's Special Mastership in Prison Monitoring Team for the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, where the team leads the monitoring of the prison systems' reform compliance and progress. Mr. Walsh is also a veteran government affairs lawyer, lobbyist, and advisor on intergovernmental legal matters and Rhode Island's investment portfolio. He was instrumental in drafting pension reform legislation, and was a former counsel to the Employees Retirement System of Rhode Island and the Office of the General Treasurer. His experience includes civil litigation, domestic relations, and labor and employment law, including sexual harassment and civil rights issues.
Mr. Walsh earned his J.D. from Catholic University of America and his undergraduate degree from McGill University. He is admitted to practice law in Rhode Island and the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, and is a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association.
Areas of Practice
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Special Masterships
Bar Admissions
- Rhode Island, 1987
- U.S. District Court District of Rhode Island, 1988
Education
- Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, District of Columbia
- J.D. - 1987
- McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- B.A. - 1984
- Major: Classics
Classes/Seminars
- Qualified Domestic Relations Orders, RI Bar Association, 2005
- Pension Reform, National Association of Public Pension Attorneys, 2006
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Rhode Island Bar Association
Past Employment Positions
- Office of the Rhode Island General Treasurer, Chief Legal Counsel, 2003 - 2007
- Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island, Legal Counsel, 2001 - 2002
Pro Bono Activities
- Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce
- East Greenwich Chamber of Commerce
- Northern RI Chamber of Commerce
Ancillary Businesses
- Lobbying











