{"id":32,"date":"2025-06-20T18:46:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:18:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:18:58","slug":"judge-joseph-m-walsh-iii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/elected-officials\/judge-joseph-m-walsh-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Joseph M. Walsh III"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twoColumn\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n\t<div>\n\t\t<h1 style=\"text-align:center\"> Judge Joseph M. Walsh III<\/h1>\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4100596.smushcdn.com\/4100596\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Walsh.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"Judge Joseph M. 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Walsh III was elected to the Erie County Court of Common Pleas in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<p>He is a former partner at Shapira, Hutzelman, Berlin, Ely, Smith and Walsh. He served as a Mental Health Review Officer from 1991 to 2016, and is a former assistant city solicitor. He is a founding member of Collaborative Professionals of Northwestern Pennsylvania, and is a member of the Northwestern Pennsylvania American Inns of Court and the Erie County Bar Association.<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<p>Walsh, a Pittsburgh native, earned a Juris Doctorate from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, and a bachelor\u2019s degree from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. He served in the United States Navy from 1976 to 1980.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<p>Walsh is married to Nancy A. Walsh. He has a son, Shawn; a daughter, Carly; a \u201cbonus\u201d son, Jonathan R. 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