Finance Monthly Global Awards 2018 Edition

CIVIL LAW - LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR About Bernard F. Walsh Bernard F. Walsh is a Civil Trial Attorney with more than 39 years of experience. Bernie began his career protecting the rights of the public as a trial attorney for the State of Florida handling numerous high profile trials concerning serious felony crimes. Since 1982 Bernie has exclusively practiced personal injury law, helping accident victims in Sarasota and Manatee Counties and throughout Florida. Dedicated to the legal profession, Bernard Walsh is on the Board of Governors of the Florida Justice Association (PAC), as well as a Board member of the Florida Justice Association (Florida Trial Lawyers), the National Trial Lawyers, the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America (APITLA), and founder of the Manasota Trial Lawyers Board. Mr. Walsh has been named a Florida Legal Elite, has a “Superb Rating” by AVVO – widely recognized by the legal community for superb professional conduct and experience, and an “AV Preeminent Rating” by Martindale-Hubbell – the pinnacle of professional excellence earned through a strenuous Peer Review Rating process, highest ranking this organization bestows on an attorney. Mr. Walsh is firmly committed to community service. His volunteer efforts to help all levels of law enforcement have benefited both private citizens and law enforcement personnel. He gives back, supporting many churches, organizations and the Arts and Human Services of Sarasota and Manatee Counties. Firm Profile Established in 2003, the lawyers of Shapiro, Goldman, Babboni, Fernandez & Walsh have more than 150 years of combined Florida legal experience in personal injury, wrongful death and other negligence cases. M. David Shapiro, David Goldman, and Michael Babboni have each represented accident victims throughout Florida for over twenty years. Our newest partner, Stephen Fernandez, has more than a decade of experience helping clients and is licensed to practice in both Florida and Georgia. Bernard Walsh has been a lawyer for more than three decades, helping clients get the justice they deserve. Our partners have handled more than 10,000 personal injury cases where death, brain, neck, back, spinal, shoulder or knee injuries have resulted from car, truck, motorcycle or boat accidents. Areas of Practice • Personal Injury • Auto Accidents • Trucking Accidents • Motorcycle Accidents • Pedestrian and Bicycling Accidents • Drunk Driving Victims • Dog Bites • Wrongful Death Bernard F. Walsh, Esq. - Partner Tel: 941.752.7200 Email: bwalsh@getmejustice.com Finance Monthly Global Awards 2017 www.finance-monthly.com 67 usa