SENIOR COUNSEL

Colin William Walsh

Colin William Walsh

Senior Counsel

Mr. Walsh represents clients in state court, federal court, administrative actions, and internal grievance hearings. He has appeared before state and federal judges, state and federal agencies, administrative law judges, and hearing officers across Texas and in Washington, D.C. Mr. Walsh also has extensive appellate experience in both state and federal court. He has drafted numerous appellate briefs for intermediate courts of appeal, petitions for review and briefs on the merits for the U.S. and Texas Supreme Courts, and has presented oral argument before the Fifth Circuit, the Federal Circuit, and the Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and Eastland state courts of appeal.

Mr. Walsh graduated from The University of Texas School of Law with honors. During law school, Mr. Walsh was awarded a three-year endowed presidential scholarship, the Tom Hathaway Memorial Scholarship for Trial Advocacy, and the Dean’s Achievement Award for the highest grade in his Federal Courts class. He participated in the National Security Clinic, was on the Interscholastic Arbitration Team, and studied international and comparative law at University College London. During law school, Mr. Walsh completed internships at the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office and the 14th Court of Appeals in Houston. Before attending law school, Mr. Walsh graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor’s degree in theatre.

Since 2015, Super Lawyers Magazine has selected Mr. Walsh as a Texas Rising Star, an honor given to only the top 2.5% of attorneys in Texas. In 2024, he was selected as a Texas Super Lawyer. Since 2019, Austin Monthly has selected Mr. Walsh as a Top Attorney. He is a member of the Texas Employment Lawyers Association, National Employment Lawyers Association, and, Austin Bar Foundation

Mr. Walsh is licensed to practice law in Texas and the District of Columbia. He is admitted to practice in the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Federal District Courts in Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court, and all Texas state courts.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

  • State of Texas

  • District of Columbia

  • Southern, Western, Northern, and Eastern Districts of Texas

  • Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

  • Federal Circuit Court of Appeals

  • U.S. Supreme Court

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

  • National Employment Lawyers Association

  • Texas Employment Lawyers Association

  • Austin Bar Foundation

Legal Certifications and Honors

  • Labor & Employment Specialist, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2016

  • Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2015-2023

  • Texas Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters, 2024

  • Austin Monthly, Top Attorney, Employment Law, 2019-Present

Education

  • University of Texas School of Law, 2011 – J.D.

    • Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law, Recipient
    • Tom Hathaway Memorial Scholarship, Recipient (given to one student showing promise in advocacy)
    • Dean’s Achievement Award – Highest Grade in Federal Courts
    • TEXAS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW JOURNAL, Associate Editor
    • National Security Clinic, Spring 2010
    • University College London Faculty of Laws LLM Fall 2010, Semester in London Program
    • ABA Law Student Division Arbitration Competition Fall 2009 Interscholastic Team, Regional Finalist
  • Theatre, University of Texas at Austin, 2006 – B.A.

    • Morton Brown, Nellie Lea Brown, Minelma Brown Lockwood Scholarship, Recipient
    • University Honors, 6 semesters
    • ANALECTA LITERARY JOURNAL 31, Poetry Contributor: “Bookman and Gunnison”
    • UT-Oxford Summer Program 2005, Brasenose College, Oxford University