Alameda County Biographies

Philip M. Walsh

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        Philip M. Walsh, a prominent and successful attorney of Oakland, was 
born in California, May 1, 1870, and is a son of Maurice D. and Mary Walsh, 
natives of Ireland. The father served in the Civil war as a corporal in the 
Sixty-ninth New York Volunteer Infantry, forming a part of the Irish Brigade. 
One year after the close of hostilities he and his wife came to California. In 
their family were three sons and one daughter, the subject of this review being 
the first in the order of birth.
        Philip M. Walsh acquired his education in the Oakland public schools and 
afterward turned his attention to journalism, becoming a reporter on the Oakland 
Times. In 1890 he was made court reporter and in this way became interested in 
the legal profession, which he determined to follow. Accordingly he read law 
during his spare time and in 1895 was admitted to the bar of California. After 
four years he was made deputy district attorney of Alameda county and in 1900 
was appointed chief deputy, serving under John J. Allen. He was elected to the 
state legislature in 1902 and served as a member of that body for two years, his 
vote and influence being always on the side of right, reform and progress. Mr. 
Walsh is now engaged in the general practice of law in Oakland, where he is 
numbered among the foremost representatives of the bar, his knowledge and 
ability bringing him a large and growing practice which he is very successful in 
conducting.
        In 1894 Mr. Walsh married Miss Annette Lefevre, a daughter of Dr. A. 
Lefevre, a leading dentist of California. Mr. Walsh is connected fraternally 
with the Order of Elks and the Native Sons of the Golden West. In all official, 
professional and social relations he has adhered steadily to high ideals and has 
the confidence and regard of the entire community.
 
Past & Present of Alameda County, California � Vol II, S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 
1914, p. 27