David G. Walsh


 

Lieutenant J.G. David G. Walsh, USN

Class of 1965


Lieutenant J.G. Walsh is a graduate of UW Madison and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. A Vietnam veteran, Walsh was a LTJG in the United States Navy in Southeast Asia in 1967 - 68.

He is a partner in the Madison office of Foley & Lardner, a national law firm. He recently served as a member of its management committee. He has represented communications entities for more than 30 years, developing particular skill in cable television and telecommunications law.

Walsh has served as primary counsel in a number of significant litigations involving telecommunications law. He counsels and represents business clients in all phases of business activity and has extensive estate planning practice. Walsh has served as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School.

He is a former owner of the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club and serves on the Boards of a number of for-profit corporations. He is a former chairman of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Business School Advisory Board and received the Distinguished Business Alumnus Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Business School in 1997.