About Ryan Joseph
Ryan Joseph Walsh built a career around appellate law and state litigation. He began his formal studies at Hillsdale College, where he earned a B.A. in American Studies in 2005. He went on to receive his J.D. from The University of Chicago Law School in 2009. Those academic credentials set the stage for a sequence of judicial and public-service posts that shaped his approach to legal writing and analysis.
After law school Walsh secured consecutive federal clerkships that deepened his exposure to appellate work. In 2012 he clerked for Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The following year he served as a law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia at the Supreme Court of the United States. Those positions placed him inside high-level appellate decision-making and the drafting of opinions on complex legal questions.
Walsh moved into private practice as an associate at Jones Day in 2014. He returned to public service in 2016 as Chief Deputy Solicitor General at the Wisconsin Department of Justice. In that role he handled appeals and represented the state in higher courts, a post that expanded his experience in state-side appellate litigation. He later rejoined private practice and in 2020 became a partner at Eimer Stahl LLP.
His admissions reflect a national appellate practice. He is admitted in Illinois, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia, and he holds admissions in several federal courts including the U.S. Supreme Court, the D.C. Circuit, the 4th, 6th, 7th and 9th Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin and for the District of Columbia. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar, the District of Columbia Bar (since 2015) and the State Bar of Wisconsin (since 2013).
Colleagues describe Walsh’s path as one that moves between government service and appellate advocacy. His resume shows sustained engagement with appellate procedure, precedent-driven litigation and the mechanics of briefing at the highest levels. That background informs the matters he takes in private practice and the posture he brings to complex appeals.
He is currently a partner at Eimer Stahl LLP, where he handles appeals and related civil litigation matters in state and federal courts.
