ROBERT P. WALSH, JR. 405 Prairie Elmhurst, Illinois Home (708) Work (312)

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1 ROBERT P. WALSH, JR. 405 Prairie Elmhurst, Illinois Home (708) Work (312) PERSONAL DATE OF BIRTH : 04/12/59 MARRIED TO : LAURA BARRY WALSH FOUR SONS : ROBERT PATRICK, III BARRY JOSEPH DANIEL CASEY CASEY MURNANE EMPLOYMENT CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, P.C. 120 North LaSalle Street 31ST Floor Chicago, Illinois January Present Partner February December 1999 Associate CORBOY -DEMETRIO- CLIFFORD, P.C. 33 North Dearborn Street Suite 2100 Chicago, Illinois February February 1995 Associate ROBERT A. CLIFFORD & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Two North LaSalle Street Suite 700 Chicago, Illinois Associate : May February 1994 Law Clerk : September May 1986 Admitted to the Bar in May 1986

2 CERTIFICATION Circuit Court Arbitrator Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Chicago, Illinois Certified February 27, 1990 Re-Certified December 10, 2002 EDUCATION St. Johns University, Collegeville, Minnesota B.A Government Major Business Administration Minor Study Abroad: School of Irish Studies Dublin, Ireland Fall 1979 Loyola University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois J.D. : January 1986 Leadership and Service Award 1986 Student Bar Association Class Representative and Student Bar Association Treasurer MEMBERSHIPS American Bar Association American Association for Justice f/k/a ATLA Illinois State Bar Association Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Supreme Court of Illinois Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Fact Finding Mission to Analyze and Review the mediation systems in Wayne County, Michigan October 20-23, 1991 Chicago Bar Association Tort Litigation Committee Judicial Evaluation Committee - Investigations Division March Fenwick Bar Association Treasurer Vice-President President Immediate past President Present

3 Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago Life Member of National Law Registry of Who s Who Leading Lawyers Network The Top Lawyers Board of Directors Fenwick Friars Rugby Football Club The Top Lawyers Presentations Everything You Need to Know About Motor Vehicle Cases Plaintiff Motorcyclists Defendant Cab Drivers Illinois Trial Lawyers Association March 23, 2012 Oak Brook, Illinois Opening Statements and Closing Arguments: Starting Right and Finishing Right Chicago Bar Association February 17, 2009 Chicago, Illinois Winning Back and Neck Injury Cases Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education October 31, 2003 Chicago, Illinois Topics: Recent Illinois Case Law and the Painful Impact it May Have on Your Back and Neck cases Opportunities for Use of Demonstrative Evidence in Back and Neck Injury Cases Back and Neck Injury Deposition and Case Development Workshop: Demonstrations of Key Case Preparation Handling Personal Injury Cases At Mandatory Arbitration/Arbitration Hearings from the Plaintiff s Perspective Young Lawyers Section - Chicago Bar Association October 14, 1999

4 Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (I.I.C.L.E.) How to Deal With Insurance Carriers and Get Great Results Educating Insurers About the Value of Your Case: Innovative Techniques; the Use of Focus Groups April 17, Chicago, Illinois Preparing and Litigating Premises Liability Actions Under the New Law Discovery Issues from the Plaintiff s Perspective Chicago Bar Association - John Marshall Law School February 1, 1996 Illinois State Bar Association/ISBA Tort Law Section Council Tort Reform: Day to day Issues, Product Liability: Failure to Warn Cases - What Do You Need to Proceed? Chicago, Illinois November 6, 1995 New Rules for Discovery and Arbitration - Non-Expert Discovery Northwestern Suburban Bar Association Rolling Meadows, Illinois October 25, 1995 Preparation and Trial of the Automobile Collision Case Chicago Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Program Chicago Bar Association Seminar April 6, 1995 Preparation and Trial of the Automobile Collision Case - Effective Discovery Techniques - Plaintiff s Perspective Chicago Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Program May 11, 1992 Successful Automobile Trials, Child Dart Out Cases Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section November 30, 1989 Chicago, Illinois SEMINARS ATTENDED DAVID S. SHRAGER: MINI BASIC COURSE IN TRIAL ADVOCACY ROSCOE POUND - AMERICAN TRIAL LAW YERS FOUNDATION LOYOLA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW OCTOBER 25-27, 1985 CURRENT MOTION PRACTICE IN THE LAW DIVISION OF COOK COUNTY JANUARY 22, 1986

5 PACKAGING THE EVIDENCE: EDUCATION FUND FEBRUARY 16, 1987 TRIAL TECHNIQUES: SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE TRIAL OF SOFT TISSUE CASE, YOUNG LAW YERS SECTION MAY 7, 1987 PROVING AND DISPUTING DAMAGES IN PERSONAL INJURY CASES, YOUNG LAW YERS SECTION MAY 28, 1987 STATUTORY CAUSES OF ACTION JUNE 4, 1988 W RONGFUL DISCHARGE UNDER ILLINOIS LAW SANCTIONS: RULE 11 AND SECTION THE CAMBRIDGE INSTITUTE YOUNG LAW YERS SECTION APRIL 27, 1989 CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY ARBITRATION TRAINING PROJECT ILLINOIS INSTITUTE FOR FEBRUARY 27, 1990 ANATOMY OF AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT LAW SUIT OCTOBER 8, 1990 TORT LAW YERS GUIDE TO NEGOTIATION AND SETTLEMENT, GERALD R. W ILLIAMS MARCH 1-2, 1991 EMERGING ISSUES IN AUTOMOBILE PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION - SECTION OF TORT AND INSURANCE PRACTICE PHOENIX, ARIZONA MARCH 21-22, 1991 UNITED STATES ARBITRATION MEDIATION: CONCEPTS IN MEDIATION MEDIATION TRAINING W ORKSHOP FOR LAW YERS SEPTEMBER 26-28, 1991 ART OF CROSS EXAMINATION: EXPERT W ITNESSES (THE ART AND THE LAW ): PERSUASION: OPENING STATEMENT AND FINAL ARGUMENT - JAMES W. MCELHANY MARCH 1992

6 LAW YERS PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY PROGRAM/LOSS CONTROL SEMINAR CNA INSURANCE COMPANY APRIL 14, 1992 W INNING TRIAL TECHNIQUES (A ROADMAP FOR EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY) ADVANCED JURY SELECTION (MAKING THE PROCESS W ORK - TAYLOR) BY W ILLIAM A. BARTON MARCH 5-6, 1993 PRESIDENTIAL FACE OFF SEMINAR OAK BROOK, ILLINOIS JUNE 12, 1993 W INNING THE PRE-TRIAL BATTLE (DISCOVERY, DEPOSITIONS & SETTLEMENTS); THE QUALITIES OF A W INNER (BRAINSTORMING THE THEORY OF YOUR CASE); MASTERING EVIDENCE (USING THE RULES THAT SHAPE THE CASE) - JAMES W. MCELHANY MARCH 1994 TRIAL TECHNIQUES: ADVOCACY FROM THE INSIDE OUT EXPERT W ITNESSES: GETTING AND GROOMING THE EXPERT W ITNESS - JAMES W. JEANS, SR. MARCH 10-11, 1995 A DAY ON TRIAL: THE SECRETS OF PERSUASION DOMINIC GIANNA AND THOMAS MAUET MARCH 8-9, 1996 LITIGATION, LIES AND OTHER ETHICAL TRAPS AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY CORNILIA W ALLAIS HONCHAR AUGUST 13, 1996 MAXIMIZING RESULTS THROUGH SETTLEMENT AND TRIAL- PROSECUTING THE NEGLIGENCE CASE ILLINOIS TRIAL ASSOCIATION DRAKE HOTEL FEBRUARY 17, 1997 NEGOTIATIONS AND CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS FOR LAW YERS PROFESSOR GERALD W ILLIAMS, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL RITZ, CARLTON FEBRUARY 21-22, 1997

7 POW ERFUL W ITNESS PREPARATION - RONALD J. COHEN MARCH 7, 1997 PREPARING FOR AND CONDUCTING A W INNING DEPOSITION MARCH 8, 1997 RECENT CASE LAW INTERPRETATION OF DAUBERT - PROFESSOR TERRENCE F. KIELEY CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES - CLE SERIES #2 NOVEMBER 12, 1997 ILLINOIS TORT LAW UPDATE - PROFESSOR BRUCE OTTLEY NOVEMBER 12, 1997 NEGOTIATING AND SETTLING PERSONAL INJURY CASES DRAKE HOTEL, FEBRUARY 16, 1998 EXCELLENCE W ITH EXPERTS & SUCCESSFUL DEPOSITIONS ALADDIN RESORT & CASINO, MARCH 9-10, 2001 TRIAL EVIDENCE IN ACTION: CROSS EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES (CROSS EXAMINING THE SYMPATHETIC W ITNESS) AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, SECTION OF LITIGATION ANNUAL MEETING W ESTIN COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS APRIL 25, 2002 TOW N HALL MEETING: THE ROLE OF LAW YERS IN A DEMOCRACY, PART I - RESPONDING TO OUR NATIONAL CRISIS, PART II - THE PUBLIC VIEW AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, SECTION OF LITIGATION ANNUAL MEETING W ESTIN COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS APRIL 25, 2002 W HAT MAKES JURIES LISTEN TODAY: THE COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES OF THE NEW JURY AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, SECTION OF LITIGATION ANNUAL MEETING W ESTIN COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS APRIL 26, 2002 STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS: USING LEVERAGE TO SETTLE CASES AND MAXIMIZE CLIENT SATISFACTION RITZ CARLETON, MAY 30, 2002

8 UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED MOTORIST LAW IN ILLINOIS NATIONAL BUSINESS INSTITUTE CHICAGO CITY CENTER, OCTOBER 15, 2002 SELECTED CASE LAW ADDRESSING MANDATORY ARBITRATION ISSUES IN ILLINOIS CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY MANDATORY ARBITRATION PROGRAM PRESENTED BY THE HONORABLE JAMES P. MCCARTHY RICHARD J. DALEY CENTER, DECEMBER 10, 2002 CURRENT COURTROOM PRESENTATION TECHNOLOGY PRESENTED BY VISUAL EVIDENCE COMPANY, LEGAL VIDEO SYNC RITZ CARLTON, MARCH 18, 2003 COOK COUNTY MANDATORY ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION REFRESHER ARBITRATOR TRAINING PRESENTED BY THE HONORABLE JUDGE LAURIE RICHARD J. DALEY CENTER, OCTOBER 4, 2007 THE ETHICS OF TRIAL W ORK CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, P.C./W EBINAR FEBRUARY 21, 2008 THE ETHICS OF LINCOLN THE LAW YER CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, P.C./W EBINAR FEBRUARY 10, 2009 TRUCKING TODAY: USING DISCOVERY TO TELL THE STORY IN TRUCKING CASES CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, P.C./W EBINAR MAY 27, 2009 RULES OF EVIDENCE CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, P.C./W EBINAR JUNE 11, 2009 A VIEW FROM THE BENCH FEBRUARY 13, 2010 ETHICS - PART 1: ILLINOIS RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF 2010 FEBRUARY 13, 2010 HUMAN TRAFFICKING FEBRUARY 13, 2010

9 MANAGING A HIGH PROFILE CASE: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE DEFENSE AND PLAINTIFF ON THE 69 W EST W ASHINGTON FIRE FEBRUARY 13, 2010 ETHICS - PART 2: HYPOTHETICALS FEBRUARY 13, 2010 INVESTIGATIONS IN MEXICO FEBRUARY 14, 2010 IMMIGRATION LAW FEBRUARY 14, 2010 NEW ILLINOIS RULES OF EVIDENCE Live W ebcast ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION NOVEMBER 8, 2010 ETHICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE NEW ILLINOIS RULES OF EVIDENCE CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES/W EBINAR FEBRUARY 17, 2011 THE ATTORNEY/CLIENT RELATIONSHIP /W EBINAR MARCH 15, 2011 DON T LIEN ON ME: A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF LIENS ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION APRIL 15, 2011 UNDERSTANDING THE REAL LIFE ISSUES UNDERLYING TORT REFORM PROPOSALS AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION May 16, 2011 ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES/AUDIO CONFERENCE June 8, 2011 STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT TRANSFERS NACLE - ONLINE AUDIO CONFERENCE June 24, 2011

10 SUMMATION: A W ORK IN PROGRESS NACLE - ONLINE AUDIO CONFERENCE JUNE 29, 2011 A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION NACLE - ONLINE AUDIO CONFERENCE JUNE 29, 2011 GUIDE TO HANDLING A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE NACLE - ONLINE AUDIO CONFERENCE JUNE 30, 2011 MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AT THE CROSSROADS: W HERE ARE W E GOING? SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR AVOIDING ETHICAL PROBLEMS AS A LAW YER SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 THE BUSINESS OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LIABILITY SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 AVOIDING EXPERT W ITNESS TRAPS AT TRIAL: UPDATE ON PROCEDURAL AND EVIDENTIARY DEVELOPMENTS BY VETERAN TRIAL COUNSEL AND TRIAL JUDGE SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 DON T PANIC! RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN MEDICARE SET ASIDE REQUIREMENTS, LIENS, SETTLEMENTS AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 SOCIAL MEDIA AND LITIGATION SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

11 ETHICAL ISSUES IN MEDIATION CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES/AUDIO CONFERENCE February 16, 2012 *As of June 4, 1998, he was awarded the highest accolade in Martindale-Hubbell, an A.V. rating (legal ability ratings A: very high to preeminent and general ethical standard V: very high)