Rory Walsh
Senior Associate
Key practice areas: Class Actions & Major Projects
Qualifications: LLB (Hons)
Location: Melbourne (VIC)
Rory Walsh is a Senior Associate with
over ten years Common Law experience acting for
injured plaintiffs and he currently works in the Major Projects
department in Melbourne. Rory is working on the Bushfires
class action, which seeks to recover damages for victims of the
Black Saturday Kilmore East-Kinglake bushfire.
Rory joined Maurice Blackburn in 2005. He has
practised in New South Wales and Victoria, appearing in
most Courts in those jurisdictions. He has also acted on behalf on
surviving family members in Coronial investigations and
inquests.
Rory has previously acted in cases involving
- members of the Stolen Generation
- wrongful imprisonment
- scuba diving deaths
- misdiagnosis of cancer
- surgical negligence
- industrial fatalities
- police officers wounded in the course of their duties
- CFA member fatality
Prior to becoming a lawyer Rory lectured in law at a Tertiary
Institute in the Republic of Ireland.
Rory is a member of the Australian Lawyers Alliance