Background
Walsh, W. Terence was born on November 18, 1943 in Toledo, Ohio, United States. Son of Walter James and Ann (Gifford) Walsh.
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W. Terence Walsh
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Brown University (Bachelor of Arts, 1965). Emory University (Juris Doctor, 1970).
Career
Worked at Alston & Bird LLP (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in Business, Banking Litigation, Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Creditors' Rights, Commercial Landlord and Tenant Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1971, Georgia. Author: "A Safety Net For Dropouts," American Bar Association Journal, September, 1993.
"Secured Creditors In and Near the Bankruptcy Arena," Volume 13, Georgia State Bar Journal, February, 1977. Co-Author: "Georgia Enacts New Law of Exemptions in Bankruptcy While Opting Out of the Federal Exemptions of the New Bankruptcy Code," Volume 17, Georgia State Bar Journal, October 1980. "Pre-Trial Release in Georgia: Proposed Legislative Reform of an Inefficient Process," Volume 14, Georgia State Bar Journal, October, 1977.
Director, 1976, President, 1987-1988, Atlanta Legal Aid Society. Director: Georgia Legal Services Program, 1984-1991. Georgia Justice Project, 1987.
Capitol Area Mosaic, 1991. Georgians For Children, 1993. The Bridge, 1993. Member: Atlanta (Board of Directors, 1987-1993.
Executive Committee, 1988-1993. President, 1991-1992), Gate City and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia (Director, 1978-1979, President, 1980-1981, Younger Lawyers Section.
Member: Board of Governors, 1979. Executive Committee, 1979-1981. State Disciplinary Board, 1980-1981.
Judicial Nominating Commission, 1981-1982. Trustee, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1979-1982). Bar Council for the United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia (Secretary, 1984-1985).
Membership
Board of directors Georgians for Children, since 1993, The Bridge, since 1992, Georgia Justice Project, 1987-1997. Board directors Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc., 1976-1998,president, 1987. Board directors Capital Area Mosaic, chairman, 1994-1996.
Chairman school board Christ the King School, 1982-1984. Alumni trustee Brown U., since 1994;chairman KIND, Inc., since 1993. Chairman State Bar Committee on Children and the Court Justices, since 1996.
Member Atlanta steering committee Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, since 1996. Fellow Georgia Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, State Bar Georgia (Board of Governors since 1979, president young lawyers section 1980-1981, H. Sol Clark award 1987, Chief Justice's award for community service 1998), Atlanta Bar Association (board directors 1987-1993, president 1991-1992, Charles E. Watkins award 1994, S. Phillip Heines award1994, David Pollard award 1995), Gate City Bar Association, Emory Law Alumni Association (Executive Committee 1990-1998).
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Married Patricia Jane Walker, December 17, 1966. Children: Christopher O'Brien, Ryan Kerrick, Ann Elisabeth.
