John Walsh (Hill & Robbins PC)

John F. Walsh (Williams College, Stanford Law School) is nominated to be U.S. Attorney for Colorado. He would replace Troy Eid, who became a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig ^[1] in Denver in January 2009, as the Senate-confirmed U.S. Attorney for the district. The district’s current interim U.S. Attorney is David M. Gaouette.

Walsh’s vitals:

• Born in New York, N.Y., in 1961.
• Attended but did not earn a degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.
• Has been a partner at Hill & Robbins PC ^[2] in Denver since October 1999.
• Worked at Holland & Hart LLP ^[3] in Denver from 1995 to 1999. Served as partner and of counsel.
• Was a legal commentator for CBS News from 1996 to 1999.
• Worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California from 1987 to 1995.
• Clerked for Judge J. Skelly Wright in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., from 1986 to 1987.
• Has tried approximately 25 cases, serving as chief counsel on all of these cases with the exception of one case, in which he served as second chair.

Click here ^[4] for his full Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire.

UPDATE: On his Office of Government Ethics questionnaire Walsh reported receiving a membership draw from Hill & Robbins PC of $103,751.

On his Senate Judiciary financial disclosure Walsh reported assets valued at $2.4 million, mostly from two real estate properties, and $696,000 in liabilities, mostly from mortgages on the properties, for a net worth of $1.7 million.